Code/400 and *CURLIB

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> My hat's off to you for having the nerve to teach CODE & collect
payment!

Trust me - by the time we have all the comms and everything working we've
earned every cent and a few more besides!  Yesterday we came up with a brand
new "quirk" that results form the use of a strange batchq as the default for
the programmer in question.  Submitting compiles from Code results in zero
return information and the job completes in only 1 second with no errors in
the log!  The exact same user profile using PDM submits the exact same
compile and everything works as it should!!  Only happens for two of the
programmers all the other are fine.

 >> In spite of all these problems, users still would rather use CODE than
SEU.  Really says something about GUI, doesn't it?

I agree with the comment but not the reasoning.  Most prefer it not because
it is GUI but because they can get instant help, get straight to the source
line in error when verifying/compiling rather than the 10 minute dance you
have to do with SEU spool files etc.

Interestingly one of my current students (mostly RPG IV class with some
Code/400) is a manager who has done little coding in his last few years.  He
is using Code/400 for all exercises.  He was introduced to the product for
the first time two days ago and has only had half a day of actual
instruction/Lab.  He is completing his RPG programming exercises faster than
many of the other students, in particular he is regularly beating one who is
a very good programmer but who has decided he is "faster" in SEU.  He isn't
and should have woken up to that by now but ...

Jon Paris
Partner400