Re: My RPG needs steriods

I want you to try an exercise.  Rewrite your RPG400 applications into 
RPGII applications.  After you've done about a dozen programs one of two 
things will happen:
I - Find it a snap meaning your code is REALLY old and definitely needs 
modernizing.
II - See our frustration as why people would rewrite something in RPG400 
when they should be using RPGLE.

The tool of the day is WDSC.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/
If you have PDM and 1 of any language, and you are at a certain release of 
OS/400, then you're entitled to an unlimited number of copies of it.

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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I'm about to start rewriting my RPG400 applications to add more 
calculations (I was going to do the rewrite in RPG400 also).  Only thing 
is I could really use something more "verbose" when it comes to 
calculations.  The rewrite will do things like compute an average, 
maximum, and minimum of a variable over time.  Are there ways around some 
of the mathematical limitations of RPG or are there other iSeries 
languages I should consider.  Does ILE buy me anything here?

Also, I'm still using PDM to write code.  Are there better things to use 
for development?  Whatever happened to CODE400, VisualRPG, etc? 

BTW, these are NOT web apps so no need to webface them, although some of 
the tools I've seen look pretty snappy.

TIA - I'm just a tad rusty - does it show?  :)
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