RE: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Joe Pluta wrote:

> First off, a whole SLEW of things in CL don't work from S/38 to AS/400,
> including the dot notation for libraries and objects.  I wasn't talking
> about CL, which is far closer tied to the OS than RPG.
>
> Second, the RPLLIBL issue has been hashed to death on this list alone
> about six MILLION times (many of them by Al Barsa).  Do a search on the
> keywords Barsa, library and list.  If you weren't prepared for that,
> then you simply didn't do your homework.  No sympathy here.

Joe, this sounds just like saying, "You upgraded to Windows Whatever and 
now you expect things to keep working?  You obviously didn't do your 
homework."  Come on, you can't give the Microsoft people a hard time about 
backwards compatibility with statements like, "If you weren't prepared for 
that, then you simply didn't do your homework.  No sympathy here."

> Third, if the only thing you had to change was RPLLIBL and the source
> member type and you're still bitching, then you seriously have all warp
> power diverted to the clue deflector shields.  Try taking a 10-year old
> Windows C program and running it on Windows XP.  Tell me how many things
> you have to change.
>
> Then to get back to reality for a moment, tell us exactly how many RPG
> programs you had to change.

The reality is simple:  we had a working system on V3R7 that didn't work 
on V5R3.  In order to make it work we had to change some things.  Not tons 
of things, but some.  I'm not bitching, just pointing out our experience 
earlier this week.  Now tell me, why do I deserve to be flamed over it?

James Rich

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