RE: re: Random Number generator

Booth,

As you mention, RPG is a business oriented language. There are always
exceptions, but where in your day-to-day business operations do you use
random numbers? If you want to talk about business functions that RPG needs
(or needed before RPG/IV) how about the POW or ** function. Ever try doing
interest calculations in RPG? 14^.34 was always fun.

-Walden

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From: mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net
[mailto:mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net]On Behalf Of
boothm@ibm.net
Sent: Friday, December 19, 1997 11:53 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re:re: Random Number generator


on 12/19/97at 05:48 AM, the Great and Grand  Wazir John Carr
<74711.77@compuserve.com> said:

>Booth
>I think the point Jon Paris was making with his example(attached below)
>is that by using our own procedures we can create OUR OWN opcodes.  If
>you want a RNG opcode, create the below procdure and call it RNG and then
>you can use it as a function with your EVAL statement.

John, you make a good point.  That is the future, no doubt.  But I have
always wondered why RPG, a business oriented program, would have an opcode
for square root but not an rng.

btw, you said "we can create OUR OWN opcodes."  As Tonto said "Where'd you
get 'we' Kemo Sabe?"  I can't yet bind a program, let alone write a C++
program.  It is not a viable choice for me and never will be.

Maybe someone will put together a small set of callable tools just for
these special things?

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Booth Martin
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