RE: How many of you will stay at V7R5 lower due to SDA removal ?

This took me back 25 years ago to a job interview where I was told by the hiring manager absolutely ZERO free-format RPG would be allowed. There was one other programmer who'd been there 15 years or so and knew the system like the back of his hand, so was given the final say. He couldn't be bothered to learn free-format RPG. I probably should have turned down the offer, but I, a contractor, was in a tough spot, as this was just after Y2K and all the IT budgets around here were trimmed severely. I was miserable.

More recently, a programmer at a previous employer refuses, to this day, to use SQL. "It's too dangerous. You never really know what it's going to do." He's an otherwise very smart guy, been there 20 years, so it really baffles me. Fortunately, he'll be retiring in a few months.

- Dan Bale

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Brad Stone
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2025 10:53 AM
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Subject: Re: How many of you will stay at V7R5 lower due to SDA removal ?

I just completed a project where they aren't even using ILE or free format or SQL and "wouldn't allow it" because they don't want to support it.

Next time I'll just say "no" to a project like that.

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