Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

Chuck,

This is THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION for the language. If we choose to ignore how
this feature is released, then we do so at our own peril.

I'm not against free-format! I've been an advocate of it from the beginning.
With respect to the semi-colon, what I'm trying to say is stop for a minute;
you're essentially creating a new compiler here. So take a look at the best
and the worst of other free format languages, and try to learn from mistakes
of the past.

There are better ways to do this than using end of line terminators, and
(next on the list!) curly braces. What I see is an RPG language that is
picking up some of the worst features of C in it's evolution.


Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graves, Chuck" <cgraves@RODDAPAINT.COM>
To: "'RPG400-L@midrange.com'" <RPG400-L@MIDRANGE.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 07:40
Subject: RE: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?


> THIS IS AN OPTION, NOT MANDITORY...USE IT OR NOT!!!! "OLD" COLUMN TYPE RPG
WILL STILL LIVE
>


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