Re: RPG IV Performance

[John Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ditto to this.  Anybody who picks RPGIII over RPGIV because of program
size really doesn't understand performance issues.  Or more to the point
is still thinking in terms of a System 36 / RPGII.  

I would bet that they tried it at some time in the past and had problems
with overrides and activation groups and reclaiming resources etc.  So
they use the size issue to discourage you from using something they had
trouble with.  But really is 500K extra memory (it won't be anywhere
near that much) going to matter on a machine with say 512 Mb memory?  Me
thinks not.

John Hall

jpcarr@TREDEGAR.COM wrote:
> 
> Sounds like the "Consultant"   likes RPGIII and is not comfortable with
> RPGIV,  (ask him if the trigger program will use pointers to the before and
> After image and not hard code the Before and After image area in the D/S.
> That will tell you if "He/She don't know RPGIV")
> 
> I have about 60 triggers running on 8 AS/400's keeping our remote sites
> "Insync" with the central site.    No performance problems.
> 
> If the Consultant worry's about Performance and object size FIRST and
> Functionality, Ease of Maintenance, and Bulletproofness,    I'd get another
> consultant.
> 
> Who the @#$ looks at the object size of a program to determine that you
> shouldn't write in RPGIV ?
>
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