Re: Justa note of thanks

A very hearty amen to this, and to all the people at IBM who have done such
a splendid job with a first-class OS that we really really like a whole lot.

--Alan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:09 AM
Subject: Justa note of thanks


> I don't often get a chance to do this (or perhaps I just don't make the
time
> that I should), but I just wanted to drop a note that ISN'T whining
<smile>.
>
> To everyone on the RPG compiler team that happens to read this (and
> especially to you Hans, since I bust your chops so often), I wnated to
offer
> a heartfelt thank you.
>
> I've been spending the last couple of weeks writing some true procedures
to
> make my development a little more manageable.  In so doing, I've become
very
> familiar with the procedure interface, and in particular CONST and
*NOPASS.
> Between these two, I have been able to create some very powerful
procedures
> that make my the next higher tier much easier to design and develop.
>
> I'm still learning; I have a tendency to apply Java design techniques to
RPG
> that occasionally gets me in trouble, but despite my ineptness I'm
> absolutely thrilled with what you've done.  I'm definitely in favor of
> signature overloading and qualified references now that I've gotten a
little
> more under my belt, but what's already there is quite powerful.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Joe
>
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