RE: will v6r1 RPG support main procedure recursion?

Steve;

I've coded C for almost 30 years (Next April will be 30). When RPGIV added
procedures with the capability of having subroutines within the procedure I
rejoyced. 90% of my procedures contain at least two subroutines,
Initialize/EndProcedure, Yes I know that I can have an initializing and
exiting procedure automatically called for each procedure but I like being
able to see the subroutines called directly. If the code block is called
directly rather than by "magic" there is less chance of missing something.

Duane Christen


P.S. C contains Globals

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:45 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: will v6r1 RPG support main procedure recursion?


On 10/9/07, James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Steve Richter wrote:

What about a compiler option - lean and mean - which

removes all the

legacy crap from RPG: data struct overlay and redefines,

sub routines,

indicators, the cycle, PSSR.

Have you considered C?

that is a good point. an accurate name for RPG is C with
specifications. RPG, when you take out the bad, like subroutines and
globals, is an improved version of C.

-Steve
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