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On 1/14/13 7:33 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:
My ex-boss, who was a VB and .Net programmer, never could (he said)could
understand RPG. Once I came on board and started using free form, he
and did help debug RPG code. As a Math major, he liked the fact that a---
complicated formula could be contained in a single line, rather than 2-n
lines in fixed format.
I once converted some 22 lines of RPG to one statement in Basic for the
IBM System-23.
The S-23 compiler threw it back out saying it was "too complex". :)
I would not do that today though. You can't put too much into a formula
or calculation or condition. Take it easy on the next guy. It might be
you...
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