Re: RPG /free

I'm hoping that the next version of CODE/400 will have
a 'format code' option like Visual Age for Java has.
Why not - last I checked IBM owns both.

Phil


--- "James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Aaron,
>
> Actually I'm guessing the limitation has more to do
> with:
>
> 1) working within the existing format of a SRC-PF
> (1->5=seq#, 6=entry
> type, 7->80?=code, 81+=comments)?
>       (after all, a source member will be a mix of fixed
> and free code)
> 2) getting the compile listing to fit on the page?
> 3) what fits on a 24x80 display?
>
> I suppose for code editors you could argue that with
> 132 character
> display the record length could be longer, but it
> would still have a
> limit.  Once a limit is established, whatever that
> limit, someone is not
> going to like it.
>
> Having lines automatically wrap (and not know where
> to indent too or
> where to logically break at) might be a bit
> confusing.
>
> Personally I like the idea of limiting the length so
> that it forces
> someone to indent and make columnar alignments of
> long statements so
> that they are easier to read.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" wrote:
> >
> > <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.
> <<snip>>
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