Re: AS/400 RPG Certification Test

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Charlie,

I understand your arguement about not caring if one remembers the name of the 
op code which is used to find the last non-blank character in a field.  However 
I think it is fair to ask a few op code questions.  In general which op code 
may be used is probably fair.  How it is used would not.  The first is 
knowledge, the second is memory better left to the manuals.  I've seen 
developers who whine against online manuals and insist on having the books.  
Even if you get them the newest copy of the manual they still couldn't tell you 
the names of some of the newer op codes.  Their code suffers because of it.  My 
point is asking the name of the opcodes means they have the drive to seek new 
knowledge.  As I've said before, explaining SETLL to someone with years of RPG 
experience indicates a clueless student.

Maybe some degree of knowledge indicates skill.  The skill to learn.  The skill 
to have drive.

>The basic flaw I see with the test is it tests knowledge, not skill.  I
frankly don't care if you remember the name of the op code which is used to
find the last non-blank character in a field as long as you know where to
look up that information.  
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