Re: Convert RPGIV to RPGIII or RPG/400

I've been here a year so I'm pretty much on the lowest end of the totem
pole =).  So ya, I'd be spitting in the wind.  These programmers have a
lot of knowledge and a lot of years under their belt.  I can learn a lot
from them, and don't want to p**s them off.  It wouldn't be right for a
programmer with 4 years of experience to come in and start converting their
code to RPGIV.  I'd be stepping on their toes and I don't want to do that.
However, I'm glad that I am allowed
to development any new programs in RPGIV.





G Armour <garmour400r@xxxxxxxxx>@midrange.com on 12/22/2003 11:58:38 AM

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Um, how about running the CVTRPGPGMR command?  <g>

Fer cryin' out loud!  RPG III-to-IV is such an easy learning curve.  I have
yet to
run into a -III programmer who could not read my -IV code and not know what
it was
doing.  Typical response - "wow, that *is* easier to read!"

Usually the questions I get from a -IV newbie are related to D-specs; you
know, how
do you do arrays?  data structures?  compile-time arrays?  Maybe I should
create a
cheat-sheet for that.  I never show them a program right off the bat that
does
anything that cannot be done in RPG-III (i.e., %bifs, EVAL statements); all
I want
them to see up front is how easy it is to convert from -III to -IV.  Let
them go for
a couple of weeks just doing RPG-III-style coding in -IV syntax, then start
introducing "newer" stuff.

Of course, if you can send them all to get RPG-IV training, well, you've
whacked a
bigger chunk off the learning curve.

Having said all that, it may well depend on your "position" on the
programming
staff.  You may be in no position to demand this of the other programmers,
or your
sphere of influence may be zero, in which case you'll be spitting in the
wind.  Been
there, done that.

GA