Re: DOCA (was: VRPG And/Or Java)

[Phil Hall <hallp@xxxxxxxx>]

DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:
> >  But in RPG you have to enter the file specs, which (simplistically) is
> >  similar to coding #include <recio.h> in C
> 
> VERY simplistically.

But the outcome is the same, that by having F-specs in RPG and recio.h in C you
are 'stating' that you're gonna use files...

> 
> >
> >  The structure *does* tie the program to the field layout of the file, but
> >  so can the I-specs/D-specs of RPG.
> 
> But, unless specifically stated, the I and D specs are NOT library-specific.

The structures generated by 'mapinc' are not library specific either, all that
is happening is that the 'mapic' statemnet is defaulting the prefix for the
structure to the librayname_filename_formatname. Once again, it in *NO WAY*
ties the structure to the library.

> 
> >  > I don't need to worry about packed decimal, single quotes v. double
> >  > quotes,
> >
> >  These are still an issue in RPG, CL, COBOL, MI, PL/1, (do I need to go
> >  on ?) not just C.
> 
> How do you figure RPG?  RPG doesn't support the double quotes at all.  I
> always used them (double quotes) in BASIC to differentiate character strings
> from other functions using single quotes on print-outs.  It took me MONTHS to
> quit using them in RPG when I came back...
> 

I was trying to break Ed's list into sections to comment on, I missed a
break-point, but hey, so does STRDBG now and again ;-)

-phil

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