Re: /FREE RPG compiler errors

[Gary Guthrie <garyguthrie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Do you really believe that a seasoned fixed-format RPG developer (such
as yourself) needs to invest considerable effort to use free-format RPG?

Even junior RPG programmers can make the switch in no time at all. I
can't imagine anybody taking more than a single day at most to make the
switch if they were sincere with their effort to do so. And, I say a day
to be on the conservative side.

All this talk about difficulty and such is Chicken Little rekindled.

Gary Guthrie
Senior Technical Editor, iSeries NEWS

Joe Pluta wrote:
> Probably the same thing I'd do if it were a COBOL program.  I'd either learn
> the syntax or get someone to help me.  In fact, I had to add COBOL support
> to PSC/400, and that was no small amount of learning.  And I may have to do
> the same thing for /free.
> 
> Thanks for your input.  I agree that it's always in your best interests to
> learn new technologies.  However, we can realistically only learn so much,
> and while the ILE conversion definitely makes a sense based on return on
> brain-cell investment, for me the jury is still out on /free.