Re: NEW CL enhancements ?

Was   Re: Find number of parms for a CL or passall
>Dean:
>
>>I ask again -- why has IBM invested
>>so much time and energy in its other languages, but NONE in CL?  Command
>>language has the potential to be the preeminent "language of choice"
>>(especially in data warehousing applications) if it would only recognize all
>>data types, allow subroutines, and allow more than one file to be declared.
>>

>Nothing is being done to CL because Rochester owns CL while Toronto owns
>RPG.  Ditto for DDS.
>I wish IBM would start charging for CL and DDS separately from OS/400.  That
>way there would be a revenue stream which would justify enhancements for
>existing users.  As it is now, if the work does not sell NEW AS/400's, it is
>not done.
>Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.

Charlie; You're a thousand percent right.

Do you remember when I got up at Sound Off at COMMON and asked how many
people use CL to control their apps. (nearly everyone raised their hands).
And then asked the panel "When we would get Structures @ Subroutines 
in CL?  I then turn to the crowd and said "So what this means is that
you will Still be using a crippled language to control your apps after 
the year 2000 and beyond".

I then said to the Rochester people "Why don't you give it to TORONTO 
I'm sure one of their programmers could do it on their lunch hour!"

Rochester got red in the face, and Jon P. just put his hands over his 
face( I still think he was laughing).

Sloan even applauded. 

John Carr 
EdgeTech
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