Re: Request for CL, DDS, SQL RPG enhancements

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Coulter wrote:

> >If the answer to every CL enhancement request is 'use REXX', why are we
> >being asked in the first place?
>
> I'm simply pointing out that there are alternatives available on your
> existing system that satisfy the requirements.  We've had Rexx on the
> AS/400 for 10 years.  In that time CL has had only two programming
> enhancements:

I understand.  And I'm actually looking at REXX a bit.  I wasn't trying
to start anything, I just wanted to point out that the initial post
specifically asked for suggested enhancements, not alternatives, that's
all.  In CL's case, it's way, way overdue.

> >That's like saying "What do you want in future RPG enhancements?" and
> >for every suggestion made the response is 'use C'.
>
> No it's not!  For one thing C is a much harder language to learn and
> program in than RPG (in fact C is harder than any language except
> Assembly).  Rexx is no harder than CL and in many ways easier.

Well, yes it is in regards to the initial request for enhancements.
Whether C is harder/easier than RPG and whether REXX is harder/easier
than CL is immaterial to the reason for my post.  The fact that there is
another way to do a particular thing is fine and I don't _really_ have a
burr up my you-know-where regarding you stating that. <g>  Again, all I
was pointing out is the initial post was a request for enhancements,
that's all.

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