RE: Free Form RPG Opinions Wanted

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Douglas Handy
>
> But Joe, you're back to two different syntaxes which is what you
> were trying to avoid in the first place.

No. I am simply suggesting enabling THE ALREADY EXISTING FREE-FORM SYNTAX in
the fixed format.  Think about it:

 KLIST        CHAIN      MYFILE
              IF         %FOUND(MYFILE)
              MOVE       DBFLD           WKFLD
              ENDIF

Becomes:

              CHAIN(X)   KLIST MYFILE
              IF         %FOUND(MYFILE)
              MOVE       DBFLD           WKFLD
              ENDIF

As opposed to:

/free
   chain klist myfile;
/end-free
              IF         %FOUND(MYFILE)
              MOVE       DBFLD           WKFLD
              ENDIF

Which is more readable to you?  Not to mention to a veteran programmer who
is maintaining legacy programs.

Which looks better?

Joe