RE: Free Form RPG Opinions Wanted

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Joe,

There's two points here.

Do they exist in only free form and not in fixed form?  Yes.
Should they?  Evidently in your opinion, no.  And your opinion might be 
valid.  However, I didn't want to confuse an opinion with facts Jerry 
needs to make an informed decision.

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




"Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
>
> But honestly Jerry, there are several new operation codes and
> BIF's coming
> out that will either only work in free format, or are really enhanced in
> free format.

Uh oh.  Where is this documented, Rob?

There is absolutely no good reason, and no defensible rationale, for a BIF
put into free-form to not be included in RPG IV.  The parser already 
exists,
and the code generator already exists.  It's not like a BIF in free-form 
is
somehow different than the same BIF in RPG IV.

As to new opcodes, I'd have to see them, but I'm again of the mind that
anything that can fit into free-form can fit into an RPG IV expression. 
The
difference between the two should only be form, not function.  Otherwise,
you're killing off the RPG IV base.

Joe