RE: RPGIII to get a facelift?

[CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Walden,

I tend to agree with you....BUT... I'm getting to the point where I'm
wondering if forcing die-hard RPG II/III off the platform would be a bad
thing.


Sure, one of the strengths iSeries is the protection of a companies software
investment.  But, I'm wondering if you can take it to far.  And if by taking
it to far, you hurt the platforms future.


I say drop the RPG III complier all together.  If you want to keep up on
hardware and OS, you have to at least CVTRPGSRC.  Now, if there was only a
way to force the use of ILE RPG IV as opposed to what I call RPG II/III
using RPG IV syntax.


just my .02

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Programmer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:23 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: RPGIII to get a facelift?
> 
> 
> >Dropping enhancements to the compiler, etc, should get people to 
> >move quickly, 
> 
> Be careful what you with for. I'm sure (I know) there are sites out
> there that are happy where they are. If you forced them to move to a
> later release/language (RPGIV) then they may move... To another
> platform. 
> 
> Look, I'm not arguing that moving off the iSeries would be smart, and
> I'm not arguing that that change from RPGIII to RPGIV is a 
> major change,
> but you WILL run into people that say "If I have to change, I might as
> well change a lot"
> 
> -Walden
> 
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