Re: Why we don't use procedures more (was MOVE opcode in freeform /strange behavior w/%editc)

Hello Peter,

You wrote:
><sarcasm>
>I guess you are one of those _many_ people who have a V5R1 AS/400 in their
>basement (or bedroom?).
></sarcasm>

There are at least three sites making AS/400 avalible via the Internet for
very low monthly access fees.  Search the archives.

But even if there weren't such sites, what is wrong with spending an extra
hour a night after your normal working hours exploring?  That's what I did
on the System/38 15 years ago.  Or give up one Sunday morning a month to
experiment at work.  That would be a far more productive use of a Sunday
morning than most of the alternatives.

The attitude exhibited by your post is typical of most AS/400 programmers
and indeed is part of the problem with the slow rate of adoption by our
community.  Too many AS/400 programmer's think they're in a JOB rather than
a CAREER and expect their employer to fund all their education.

Buy an ILE or RPG IV book and read it, subscribe to News/400 (or whatever
its now), if you are in the US you probably qualify for a free subscripton
to IBM's iSeries magazine.  Even without access to an AS/400 you can still
learn things, improve your skills, and -- shock horror -- might be able to
see where these new things would assist with your current work and then
actually get paid to use them.  Well Goooolllly!

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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