RE: RPG and SQL Compilers

[Frank Kolmann <FKolmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rob wrote:
>If I want to stay current on vendor packages it might be easier to
>compare source if both of them remain in the same language.
>This will make it easier to do an upgrade.
>.........., I fail to see how the benefits of RPGIV will outweigh the
>inability to do a source compare when upgrade time comes.

The following concerns AS/SET.
Rob I dont know about others but  the same should apply,
namely converting to RPGIV does NOT affect the ability
to compare source at upgrade time or any other.

Consider that the initial source is AS/SET. That does not change,
there is an AS/SET source compare available.
Next AS/SET generates RPGIII source. Whether or not you
have an RPG400 compiler you can CMPSRC the generated code.
After you convert to RPGIV you can STILL compare source
against your previous conversion.

Frank Kolmann

The only problem you face is if you choose not to use AS/SET
and went and directly modified the RPGIII source. But this
case is irrelevant as you now have divorced yourself from
the AS/SET modifications done by the vendor.

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