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  3. July 2002

Re: IFS in RPG

Peter,

>But I still would like to have the IFS file
>i/o standardized by IBM, not by hundreds of different service programs
>wrapping the API's.

I'm not against the idea -- but I wouldn't put much of my proverbial $100 toward
the I/O portion.

>While adding the IFS file
>i/o might be boring, I'd think a %SPLIT, %UNSTRING, or %MATCH bif would be a
>bit more interesting.

I would be willing to put more of my $100 towards these BIFs, which is where I'd
rather see more "standardization".  String handling in RPG IV is come a *long*
way the last decade, but there is still room for improvement...

Doug

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