Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"

["Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>]

>The argument of CF or not CF is purely academic to me, as this is ILE
>related, as I don't code in ILE.  Why not?  Because as a contractor, I code
>in the same language as the sites that I work on, and so far at the 10
>locations I have worked at in the 4 years since going solo, I have yet to
>find a single place that has gone ILE.  I certainly have not come across
>any major Packages that are in ILE, though it may be that the most recent
>releases of some are.  If so, they have yet to filter through to the places
>I work with.

I am a consultant rather than a contractor. My clients get my expertise
rather than just my time. There was no RPG IV code at any client that
I've been at for the last 3 years when I wallked in the door. On the
otherhand, there was quite a bit by the time I left. I didn't just start
writing RPG IV and dump it in thier laps. I sold them on the benefits of
RPG IV first and only started coding in it with thier blessing. The lack
of RPG IV in the large vendor packages has definately hurt the
adoption of RPG IV. That should not be an excuse for us not to learn
it on our own.

Joe Teff


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