Re: Newbie Questions

     Absolutely! I can remember very well how my initial experiences w/ 
     RPG II (5360-D) were terribly painful. (Maybe it was just RPG2 <g>)
     As for myself, I'm glad when I see some interest in my platform of 
     choice. Keep 'em coming!
     
     To the "newbies": please bear in mind that we're all busy folks 
     around here. Often, the answers you get from us will be "RTFM" 
     which essentially means "look it up in the reference manuals" (you 
     should be able to piece together the actual translation yourself 
     <g>) Be prepared to research. After all, the best way to learn is 
     to be pointed in the right direction and let you figure it out for 
     yourself. 
     
     eric.delong@pmsi-services.com


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Subject: Newbie Questions 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
Date:    10/9/98 4:26 AM


Hello All,
     
I may be wrong here but would like to start a discussion, if warranted, on the 
above subject.  In other words, respond to the list if you take issue with 
what I'm about to say, _NOT_ offline.  There have been several questions 
posted lately from AS/400 newbies and, frankly, I was _APPALLED_ at some of 
your responses.  Try to remember that the majority of AS/400 _PROFESSIONALS_ 
couldn't find this list (or anything else on the Internet) with both hands and 
a flashlight.  Those of you that have moved from RPG or COBOL to OO should 
recall how difficult _that_ transition was at first -- just try to imagine 
moving the _OTHER_ way.  
     
Granted some of the questions were a little lower-level than we are used to 
seeing here; however, IMO this list is for the free exchange of information 
regarding the AS/400 and IBM midrange systems at large to _ALL_ people 
regardless of talent level (or employment situation).  Also IMO, get used to 
it -- thanks in part to the efforts of people here, more people are 
discovering the AS/400 that are already OO/Internet-savvy, and those forced 
into 3GL's will inevitably ask questions like these.  If you don't have 
anything constructive to say and its' not a "spammer", please don't say 
anything at all -- we need all the AS/400 talent we can get...at _ALL_ 
levels...
     
JMHO,
     
Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
     
"I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages." -- Bill Mauldin 
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