RE: V5R3 Software Features - Overview

Here's some info on the RPG/COBOL/C enhancements:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?S52625638

ILE RPG V5.3 enhancements 

-New built-in function %SUBARR (assign to, sort, or return, a subarray) 
-Direct conversion of date/time/timestamp to numeric, using %DEC 
-Control specification CCSID(*CHAR : *JOBRUN) for correct conversion of
character data at runtime. 
-Second parameter for %TRIM, %TRIMR and %TRIML indicating what
characters to trim 
-New prototype option OPTIONS(*TRIM) to pass a trimmed parameter 
-Support for 63-digit packed and zoned decimal values 
-An RPG preprocessor enabling the SQL preprocessor to handle conditional
compilation and nested/COPY 
-Relaxation of the rules for using a result data structure for I/O to
externally-described files and record formats 
-Support for new environment variables for use with RPG programs calling
JavaT methods 



I haven't seen anything from IBM on the CL enhancements, but iSeries
Network has a bit of information here:

http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/news/nwn/story.cfm?ID=18477&channel=home


Regards,

John Taylor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 3:21 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: V5R3 Software Features - Overview
> 
> 
> Wasn't there mention of improvements to CL a few months back?
> 
> I didn't see any mention of RPG.  Any idea where RPG 
> announcements are located?
> 
> -Steve
>