RE: Procedure names vs. production support

["Joel Fritz" <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the US approach involves a comfortably sized length of pipe.

When RPGIV first came out I was trying to sell my boss on the
advantages.  I mentioned the ability to write calculations as
expressions with parentheses and other "frills."  He said that he didn't
see any advantage because he could read the C Spec Classic as easily as
he could read algebraic notation. I don't think he was exaggerating.
Fortunately IBM eventually stopped supporting v2r3.  <g>

Last year he took me to task for not using the "shop standard" RPGIII
(barely) date program--a monster that takes more than 10 parms, returns
anything you could conceivably want, and requires a cheat sheet to use.
I convinced him that RPGIV date arithmetic was at least as accurate (his
big concern) and easier to use.  It wasn't easy.  It's been about ten
years since he did much coding.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:15 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Procedure names vs. production support

 >> Like I meant to say, it's an excuse for continuing the old way of
doing things by demonstrating how 'impossible it is to effect change in
our environment.'

There now - I knew we wouldn't really disagree that much Buck!

I think that public floggings in the car park can work wonders to cure
this kind of thing <grin>

Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com


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