Re: Of chalk and cheese...

[Don Schenck <schencd%AM_LZCH%VASELL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:::Just a small voice in the wind, but I second all of Jon's arguements.
:::
:::The leap from RPG/400 (or RPG III as old-timers insist on calling it!) to
:::RPG IV is a _minimal_ programming shock and provides big payoffs (just for
:::string handling alone, the conversion is worth the effort). You _do not_
:::have to move heavily into the ILE model (which requires substantially more
:::study that the RPG/400->RPGIV curve) to get payoffs from RPG IV. And you do
:::not have to look to arcane features such as pointers for payoffs.



Couldn't agree more! I IMMEDIATELY made the switch to RPG IV if only to be able
to use MixedCase for my variable names!

(You see ... I used to program in this wonderful variation of RPG called
RPG/free ... but ... oh never mind <g>)

Peace,

-- Don "Brought kicking and screaming into RPG IV, to quote Jon" Schenck
www.SchenckTech.com

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