RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM" (what's readable)

Back when we were on v2r3 and talking about going to v3r1, I told my boss
that doing arithmetic with eval would make programs easier to read and
maintain.  He argued that he could understand complex arithmetic in RPG
Classic as easily as in algebraic notation.  (The scary thing is that he
probably could.)

A few years ago I took a course in 8086 assembler at a local junior college.
The instructor was a retired programmer who had started some time in the
days of eight bit machine words and writing programs in binary.  When we
were talking about base conversion he remarked that what he always did (in
his head, mind you) was a two step process.  He'd convert from base #1 to
octal and then convert the octal value to base #2.  Worked well for him.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:infosys@klements.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 12:52 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
> 
> 
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> (To the people on the list in general --  This is my opinion.  PLEASE
> don't yell at me or flame me if you disagree.  This opinion is based
> on experience training new programmers in BOTH RPG and C.  However,
> I recognize that whats easy code for me to read isn't necessarily
> whats easy for YOU to read... fair enough?)
> 
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