Re: Resistance to using RDi

On 2/18/2016 11:10 AM, Jon Paris wrote:

But back then Buck he was comparing it to Code/400 and to PCs with a fraction of the memory and speed we have now etc. etc.

Not saying that his opinion is different now (although I suspect it is somewhat) but the world has changed a lot in 16 years.

It has changed a lot.
But SEU hasn't. It stunk in 2000 too.

Plus there are very few Scott Klements in the world. In 50+ years the number of people I have met who are as good as him (speed of typing, programming skills, memory) is in the double digits - and that includes my time with the assorted genius’ in the Rochester and Toronto Labs. Doesn’t invalidate Scott’s opinion, but let’s just say that those of us (myself included) who are less gifted can perhaps get more of a boost from a tool such as RDi than Scott can.

I know for a fact that I think better with RDi open... and that makes my
code better. RDi allows me to add 3rd party wonders like RPGUnit and
iSphere and even my own calamitous fixed-to-free user action. Things I
just can't add on to SEU.

I'll try again to get my reluctant colleagues to try 9.5.