RE: Adoption of new RPG techniques

["Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ha ha!  Something we agree on!  I like RPG for it's DB access too!  LOL!
It's a win win!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:27 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Adoption of new RPG techniques


> From: Bartell, Aaron L.
> 
> Here is why I am probably different from you.  I only do about 60 -
70% of
> my coding in RPG, the rest is in Java.  Going back to RPG from Java is
> brutal because of fixed format, that is why I have embraced /free with
> open arms.  It is a breath of fresh air for RPG.  As would be so many
> other enhancements which are very numerous.

Aaron, I do the same thing, except perhaps a little more coding in Java
than you, and I find RPG to be a breath of fresh air.  I think the ease
of creating and accessing database data makes any other syntax
(including SQL, but especially JDBC) look cumbersome and awkward in
comparison.  The ability to use externally described data structures as
parameters is a dream in a message-based architecture.  Being able to
seamlessly switch between RPG and CL modules is crucial.

My point is that one man's trash is another man's treasure.  "I like the
way it looks" is simply not a programming benefit.

Joe