RE: Free Form RPG Opinions Wanted

I guarantee you that shops that use C/C++ or Java have standards. <g>  e.g.
Where do you put the curly braces?  What's the proper way to indent?

I think the free form question is partly a matter of taste.  Most shops
still have some RPGII code around that's darned near incomprehensible to
people who came up on RPGIII.  I learned free form languages before I
learned RPG and it took me about two hours of free form coding to decide
never to go back. I felt like I had gone home at last.  I can see that
people who learned columnar RPG first might want to stick with what they
think is natural.  

As to better, I'm not sure.  It's better for me because it fits the way I
was first taught to program.  Native English speakers have a hard time
learning inflected languages or languages where the verb comes at the end of
the sentence.  People who grew up speaking Russian find English peculiar.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Feador, Jerry [mailto:JFeador@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 8:36 AM
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> Where I work, they won't let us use "Free Format RPG" because 
> they haven't
> developed any standards (?) 
> Standards for Free Format? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
> (Sorry - just wondering out loud!)
> Jerry
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> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Gerald Kern wrote:
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> > Our shop is soliciting thoughts on whether we should integrate IBM's
> version
> > of free format RPG into our 'standards'. Anyone have any 
> thoughts, (Pros
> &
> > Cons) on the product? We are using RPGIV with bound 
> modules, procedures,
> > prototypes etc... and embedded sql. We are going to V5R2 
> within the next
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> With as many modern techniques as you are already using I 
> think that using
> free form code is right for you.  It is a natural fit for modern
> programming techniques.  And it is far easier to understand 
> than many of
> the concepts you have already implemented.
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> James Rich
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