Re: Re[2]: Retrieve system time

[BillsVilla@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 5/25/00 9:16:45 PM EST, eric.delong@pmsi-services.com 
writes:

<<      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 >>

I learned RPGIV in about a week. It would have been quicker if I would have 
know ahead of time the things that changed.

To speed up the process it would help to know the F SPEC OPTIONS, D SPECS, 
using the new EVAL op code and the new format of the IF.

But for the most part when you convert a program from RPGIII to RPGIV the 
differences are minimal with the exception of the F SPEC and the D SPEC.

Sounds like your management doesn't want to fix it if it ain't broke.  

Bill Francis
Abacus Corporation
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