Re: Clarify AS/Set?

In a message dated 2/12/99 8:14:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dschneider@gssolutions.com writes:

> 
>  I did not get AS/Set because our Y2K consultants told my boss that AS/Set 
> was
>  for software houses doing heavy duty software development work like whole 
> new
>  modules & applications, not the kind of tailoring & tinkering & adding a
few
>  fields hither thither that we are likely to need.  Cynical me thinks they 
> were
>  setting themselves up for more future contracts with them that will cost my
>  employer much more than AS/Set.
>  

If you are tailoring and tinkering with legacy or other RPG programs, this
would be true.

If you are modifying Asset generated BPCS, I would whole heartedly disagree.
You are at a great disadvantage modifying the RPG generated by Asset. Asset
has many weaknesses, but over all does a good job of creating/ maintaining
display program. I would lean towards RPG/IV for generating NEW batch/ report
jobs. I would hate my job if I was modifying the RPG generated by BPCS.

Overall, a good RPG programmer could be just as efficient writing new code as
a good Asset programmer, but a rookie Asset programmer will outperform a
rookie RPG coder. The novice will be productive much faster in Asset.
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