Re: Re[2]: Retrieve system time and RPGIV vs RPG

Very true, and that is why I am beginning 
to promote RPG IV over the previous versions. 

Prior to RPGIV, RPG was very encrypted.
Only RPG people understood RPG, when
Properly coded, RPG IV is understood by
Other programmers.

As a profession, we need to stop mixing 
RPG IV with RPG ILE, while both use the 
same compile, the programming concepts 
are miles apart.

I am new to this discussion group, I hope that
I am not repeating previous conversations.

Norman


<<< Don <dr2@cssas400.com>  5/26  8:03a >>>


Actually, alot of the old men that have worked on more than one platform
and more than one language still can't figure why 1: we have to have all
these different languages and why there can't be changes made to the
language/compiler to support a evolving world and 2: why we don't have
alot of the same functionality in all the languages that IBM supports...



On Thu, 25 May 2000, Norman Seaton wrote:

> It's scriptural,
> Young men see visions 
>      (expanded capabilities of RPG IV) 
> and old men dream dreams 
>     (programming techniques are constant).
> 
> 
> <<< eric.delong@pmsi-services.com  5/25  9:15p >>>
> 
>      So it would seem, though I get CONSIDERABLE resistance here 
>      whenever I mention converting apps to RPGIV. My manager and one of 
>      the other senior programmers here look at me like I'm sprouting 
>      horns or something when I bring it up. Their number one excuse is 
>      "we need to teach the junior programmers RPGIII before we confuse 
>      them with RPGIV." What a load! Both of the jr programmers seem 
>      interested in IV, willing to learn it. Two of us are using it for 
>      all new apps, occasionally converting from III to IV if (big if) we 
>      can prove that the conversion adds value to the program. So far, 
>      relatively few conversions have been allowed due to managements 
>      reluctance to this "new stuff". BAH!
>      
>      eric.delong@pmsi-services.com
> 
> 
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> Subject: Re: Retrieve system time 
> Author:  <RPG400-L@MIDRANGE.COM> at INET_WACO
> Date:    5/25/00 8:30 AM
> 
> 
> I guess that would be one more reason to start using RPGIV.  I have seen no 
> rational reason not to switch from RPGIII to RPGIV (other than "It's a 3rd 
> party package and we don't own it.")
>      
> John Carr
>      
>      
> John,
> Would be sweet, if only Paula were using RPG IV.  Which, sadly, she isn't. 
> Joep Beckeringh
>      
>      
> >
> >
> >
> > Even better than below,   Now the Target(result field) can be a Time, 
> Date,
> > or Timestamp data type.   Sweet.  No more numeric field targets. 
> >
> > John Carr
>      
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