RE: What are the Benefits of ILE?

for a good explanation of the differences between RPG III, RPG IV, and
ILE/RPG go to:

http://midwareservices.com/RPGIV/rpg_iv_series.htm

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> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
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> CONSISTENCY.
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> By placing a common routine in a service program instead of
> coding it in multiple programs,  you know your code will act the same no
> matter what program uses it.  This is a benefit to both the
> programmer and the end user.
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> Seth Shields
> Julius Blum, Inc.
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> You realize I am not a sophisticated top line programmer but from my point
> of view I like RPGIV because: date and time math is incredibly fool proof
> and easy, because there are nice built-in functions like  %Found, %EOF,
> %Error, %EditC, %EditW, because field lengths can exceed 256 characters,
> because I can name subroutines "WriteRecordSR" or "GetDetailSR", and
> because indicators 01 through 99 are just not needed anymore(except for
> DDS).  There are other reasons but those are the ones that leap to the
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> So far as the ILE part... well that is still a dark mystery to me.
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> Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@aptissoftware.com>
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> Amir Khan wrote:
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> > It has been noticed that more RPG programmer
> > are switching over to ILE. I  would like to know
> > what are the benefits of using RPG/ILE
> > since I am also involved in the programming
> > tasks from time to time.
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> Brad mentioned code reuse, but the biggest benefit for me far and away was
> improved readability.  I can use truly meaningful variable names instead
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> 6 character ABRVTS (abbreviations).
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> Other benefits (for an old RPG II programmer):
> 1) Fewer limitations (larger arrays, character strings, etc.)
> 2) Local storage via subprocedures
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> Buck Calabro
> Aptis; Albany, NY
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