RE: FW: Random

[Tim McCarthy <TimM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm right behind you. More opcodes don't equal better function.  

> oh great.  now we've got "downto"s.
> 
> Sorry Hans, I know these are great additions and everyone else will be
> 
> breathing hard for a week but I don't see a big difference between
> this 
> and a DO loop with a "downto" added for glamour.
> 
> Please excuse me being grumpy.   I don't see these enhancements adding
> a 
> thing to RPG's competitiveness, or to the AS/400's appeal to the
> business 
> community.
> 
> I'll regret sending this I know, but damn... "downto"s? 
> _______________________
> Booth Martin
> boothm@earth.goddard.edu
> http://www.spy.net/~booth
> _______________________
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> boldt@ca.ibm.com
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> Martin wrote:
> >When did the "for" opcode appear?  Is there a definition of it
> someplace?
> 
> V4R4.  Read about it at
> <http://publib.boulder.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/QB3AGZ03/4.4.4
> 3>
> 
> Cheers!  Hans
> 
> 
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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