RE: Using the QzshSystem Qshell API

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Don
>
> I think there's getting to be too many eServer and unix yo-yo's in
> Rochester...:)

I've had some ongoing wrangles with IBM folks who seem to have forgotten (or
perhaps never really understood) the power of RPG as a development language.
To them, if it doesn't have scoped variables and long field names, it's not
"good" code.  Pshaw I say.  The ability to CHAIN to a record and
automatically have all those variables available to the entire program is
one of the fundamental features of the RPG programming style.  It's not like
other programming languages, but it wasn't meant to be.  RPG was meant to be
able to process large amounts of database records quickly and efficiently,
and over the years RPG also gained the ability to quickly and efficiently
communicate directly with end users via a limited but powerful user
interface (the 5250 data stream).

I can still throw together a data entry screen quicker using SDA and RPG
than I can using HTML and a servlet.  I may be able to do a query quicker
using SQL in a JSP, but as soon as you're talking data input, RPG's inherent
data access capabilities make it much easier to incorporate data editing
features.  And I'm pretty darned good at both languages, so I think I may be
qualified to make that judgement call.

Ah well, no biggie.  Gotta get ready to goto Famous Dave's with my family
and my family-in-law.  Big night out at the Pluta household <grin>.

Joe