RE: RPGMail Wrapping was -> Catch 'n release MONITOR'd message

["Bob Cagle" <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<We are not allowed to use free format either.> 
>>Because not everyone will understand them..."

I am curious, how many other programmer's besides Joe here are stuck in
a shop where they only allow you to code to the lowest denominator?
It's a battle that I have fought several times before.  

I believe it is part of our _job_ to continue to learn the best way to
code for the job at hand.  RPGIV is a must - let RPGII die.  Of course,
that won't happen until the big ERP vendors allow it to (see JDE). Funny
that most people still consider RPGIV the "new style" when it's been
available for over a decade now!

There is a time and a place for everything "new" that RPGIV has to offer
- sub-procedures, service programs, /free, nested data structures, etc.


Unfortunately, I think that the majority of iSeries RPG programmers
agree that we need to code so that others will be able to understand it.
Why not code in a way that will allow the lowest denominators to learn
something and allow them to grow their own skill set?

I realize that I'm most likely preaching to the choir here on this
list...  Am I?

Bob Cagle
IT Manager
Lynk, Inc.
8241 Melrose Drive
Lenexa, KS  66214