RE: RPG /free

["Bob Cozzi \(RPGIV\)" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

I agree 1 million percent, however if you were using CodeStudio or
CODE/400 you would not be saying that you can't "see the entire line
without having to scroll..."

Now, I don't want to start a holy war, but SEU (not PDM, but SEU) is one
of the biggest productivity _killers_ in the RPG IV programming world.
Period.
Granted neither Code/400 nor CodeStudio are perfect (and I wrote
CodeStudio!) but I tell you, I cannot use SEU productively anymore. The
few times I do have to use SEU, I bitch and moan about it.

Again, Scott, this isn't directed at you specifically, it is more a
comment on the generally accepted practice that SEU is the only RPG
editor in the world. And that's too bad. :(

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 Scott Mildenberger
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:56 AM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: RPG /free
>
> Aaron,
>
> I for one don't see the limit as a problem because to me it is very
hard to
> read  source code that has lines much longer than that.  I prefer to
be able
> to see the entire line without having to scroll right and left.
>
> Scott Mildenberger
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) [mailto:ALBartell@taylorcorp.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:49 AM
> > To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: RPG /free
> >
> >
> > <soapybox>
> > That is like giving somebody their favorite meal and then
> > taking it away
> > from them when they are only half-way done eating it!
> >
> > Having free-format but being limited to 72 characters is VERY
> > frustrating!
> > Especially when you have already done some scripting
> > languages which don't
> > limit you.  I am trying to guess why they would have limited
> > to that much,
> > but I can only wonder.
> >
> > I definitely appreciate free-format, but what's the benefit
> > to going halfway
> > with it?  "Well we don't want to totally alienate RPGIII
> > people trying to
> > convert . . ."  The people that are learning free-format are
> > going to be the
> > ones that want to change and that are going to take the time to
learn
> > something new.
> > </soapybox>
> >
> > my .02
> > Aaron Bartell
> >
> >
> >
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