RE: rpg free

Angela,

First off, it never hurts to learn the new stuff, so bite the bullet and
start diggin.  While some find the free-format implementation to be of minor
importance, there are still some enhancements that make it worth your time
(Monitor groups are cool).  

Perhaps you should mentor the new-hire, to bring her up to speed in the
shop, and she can tell you what she finds exciting about free-form RPG.  If
this is her first real job as a programmer, then she could probably benefit
from your "hard-learned" experience, and you can benefit from her fresh
ideas and education.

Good luck,

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Wawrzaszek [mailto:awawrzaszek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:22 AM
To: midrange-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: rpg free


     I am "old school" I guess.   I use RPG400  but a new programmer we
have hired learned in rpg free.    She is fresh out of a training class
so is very new to the programming world but likes to use the free code.
I am an RPGIV  and RPG400  syntax.  So when she has questions it is hard
for me because the syntax it all different.  I am wondering if I should
bite the bullet and start learning the free code.   But when we went
from RPGIV to RPG400 there were a lot of advantages and uses to want to
convert.   Is there any advantages to going to the free code besides not
being restricted to columns?
 
Thankyou!!
 
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