RE: RPGIII to get a facelift?

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

There are numerous bif's that are NOT available in fixed format.  like an 
updating only certain fields, certain chain possibilities, etc.

And, some will question your statement:  "still have to use FIXED".  The 
key word here is "have".  Then again, one man's workaround is another 
man's reacharound.

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I am using RPG IV because of obvious benefits.  I could live with the
/FREE directives if there was a reason to do so.  However I do not use
/FREE because I don't want to mix syntax rules in the same source
member.  Who wants to try to read code that is free format and follows
one set of rules in one part and then is fixed format and follows
another set of rules in an other?  (Even in the same procedure.)   I see
no benefit to /FREE when I still have to use FIXED anyway. 

I think for those that maintain a lot of older RPG II & III, it is
easier to keep the FIXED mindset than to swap back and forth. 

If IBM did implement ALL the functionality of the FIXED syntax into
/FREE < Except maybe GOTOs ;P >, I'd go to it for the 'pretty code'
factor so I could indent my code.  What other reason is there to use it?


 
-----Original Message-----

Do you think if enough of us tell IBM to get rid of "/free" directives,
they
might eventually do it. 

I think this is one of the main stumbling blocks preventing further
uptake
of free format.

The bleeding edge guys accept free-format and dive in, but the other
guys
that are sitting on the fence look at all the ugly /free, /end-free in
the
code, and just say no!

-----Original Message-----

<trimmed>  I'm trying to get everyone to go free format, but that won't 
happen I don't think until the /free is gone so the code "looks" nice.
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