Re: It's That Time Again! The 2002 RPG Enhancement Poll

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck Calabro wrote:
>>>I would also add:
>>>SQL pre-processor understands all RPG IV syntax
>>>OPDESC works for all data types
>>
>>While both of these are also hughly desirable,
>>it doesn't seem Toronto has the authority to
>>fully solve either one of them.  What we need is
>>for Rochester to be as receptive to these
>>particular improvements as Toronto...
>
> I think you're right, but if we don't tell Toronto, they have no evidence
> that customers want this stuff.  So they ask Rochester, who then say 'Nobody
> wants this stuff.'  If we keep asking Toronto, they will amass a body of
> requests that they can use to get the ball moving.  I hope.

First, the OPDESC thing seems to be bigger even than Toronto and
Rochester.  Last I heard was that Rochester was looking to some
other lab for guidance.

Second, regarding the SQL prep, the requirements have been noted and
understood, and work is underway (both in Toronto and Rochester) to
address the requirements.  No further nagging is necessary on that
point.

Cheers!  Hans