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Again, I'm not looking for votes one way or the other, I'm looking for help on the wording of the question to avoid confusion. Bob Cozzi cozzi@rpgiv.com Visit the on-line Midrange Developer forum at: http://www.rpgiv.com > -----Original Message----- > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com] On > Behalf Of rob@dekko.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:54 AM > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com > Subject: RE: question on survey question > > > Now, I'm confused. Who were you agreeing with, Bob or Rob? > > Rob Berendt > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > Benjamin Franklin > > > > "Mangavalli, > Ramanujam" To: "'rpg400-l@midrange.com'" > <rpg400-l@midrange.com> > <RamM@Mvmills.com cc: > > Fax to: > Sent by: Subject: RE: question on > survey question > rpg400-l-admin@mi > drange.com > > > 02/19/2002 10:49 > AM > Please respond to > rpg400-l > > > > > > > I agree with you Bob. > > -----Original Message----- > From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:45 AM > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com > Subject: Re: question on survey question > > > > No. I'd rather they spend their money on giving us more functions in RPG > versus supporting obsolete releases. > > Rob Berendt > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > Benjamin Franklin > > > > "Bob Cozzi > \(RPGIV\)" To: > <rpgiv@yahoogroups.com>, > <rpg400-l@midrange.com> > <cozzi@rpgiv.com> cc: > Sent by: Fax to: > rpg400-l-admin@mi Subject: question on survey > question > drange.com > > > 02/19/2002 10:28 > AM > Please respond to > rpg400-l > > > > > > > In next week's Midrange Developer, my 10-second survey is going to be > something like this: > > Should IBM be required to base all future versions of the compilers on > V5R1, thus allowing future code to be compiled as TGTRLS(*V5R1M0)? > > > My question to you all is this: > Is this a viable question, and is it clear enough? > > My thinking is that this will change the way IBM does things, so that if > they add a built-in function in V5R2, you and I who are still on V5R1 > can use that built-in function for our V5R1 applications. > > Today, if you want to compile to *PRV you have to have actually > installed the V4R5 compiler on your V5R1 machine. I'd like to see IBM > move away from that model, and instead, create enhancements to the > existing compiler but require that enhanced compiler to run on the base > Version release. Meaning for the entire life of V5 the V5R1 compiler > would both compile and be able to target V5R1. Even if there were a V5R7 > the identical "binaries" would be installed on V5R7 and V5R1 and > everything in between. > > So basically this means that the compile would allow you to produce code > that runs on V5R7 or V5R1 and the only time a source member would not > compile is if there were an operating system-dependant feature used in > your code. Such as a new data type that may be in the database and in > RPG but not back-release compatible. Otherwise, if they add a new opcode > or a new built-in function it would work on V5R1 and later. > > Comments > > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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