Re: Compatibility across releases as curse WAS: CF-Spec - another call for opinions

If Y2K and converting over to date data types didn't do it, nothing will.

-----Original Message-----
From: Buck Calabro <mcalabro@commsoft.net>
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com' <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 2:21 PM
Subject: Compatibility across releases as curse WAS: CF-Spec - another call
for opinions


The use of global variables in (compatible) RPG/400 will kill us all.  We
>desperately need to convert to local variables / procedures in RPG IV.  I
>will take any excuse I can get to be rid of the old code, and the sooner it
>happens, the better I'll be.  Any excuse at all, including "slight
>incompatibility in order to upgrade."


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