RE: prototypes and functions

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It did for anyone who had ever used another language that used functions or
procedures or methods or whatever you want to call them.  It's not fair to
assume everyone has prior experience in languages that use them.  The
majority of RPG programmers I know have had limited exposure to other
languages. Many of them find procedures intimidating or confusing.  

It doesn't mean they can't or won't learn how to use them, they just don't
have the previous experience to fall back on for reassurance and it may take
them a bit longer to get started.  I'm the procedure evangelist in my shop
because, like you, I've had a little experience in other languages.  The
easiest thing for me was the prototype and procedure interface--just like C
or PASCAL.  RPG people don't think so.  I can remember how I felt about O
specs when I was learning RPG.  Very confusing seeing the stuff to be
printed and its formatting in a completely different part of the program
than the actual print statement.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 1:20 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: prototypes and functions
> 
> 
> Actually, this post explained it quite well, and gave me all 
> the pieces I
> need to put my own together.  It is basically the same as in any
> programming language, such as VC++, VB, Delphi (Pascal), etc...
> 
> 
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