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Jon,

>Too many people still code RPG II (they just use RPG IV syntax).

And to think, here I thought I had to recode all those SET and KEY statements,
and the programs which used a CONSOLE device!  :)

>Personally I
>have _always_ hated MOVE in RPG - it does too much "stuff" behind your back.
>Any op-code that requires you to know the exact data type and size of both
>fields before you know what the hell will happen is in my opinion a bad
>idea.

My sediments exactly.  It has NOTHING to do with MOVE in /free being any uglier
than it is in /fixed, or me not understanding the rules of MOVE.  It is BECAUSE
of understanding all the subtle rules of MOVE that I consider it a poorly
over-loaded opcode.

Doug

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