RE: Hyphenated OpCode Names

["Joel Fritz" <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think an op-code is a reserved word for an operator.  RPG just has a
lot more of them than most languages.  It's not entirely a semantic
deal.  In languages that have the RPG equivalent of built in functions
(most every language currently in use) the functions and procedures can
be deprecated and their names aren't reserved words.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walden H. Leverich
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:10 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: Hyphenated OpCode Names
>
> >Should IBM go ahead with its plan to include a hyphen as in
> EVAL-CORR)
> >in all future operation codes in RPG IV?
> >What do you all think?
>
> Bob, I guess my answer is who cares? I don't mean to sound
> callous, but as RPG evolves, and as more people move toward
> /FREE, what is an opcode?
> In the "olden days" an op code went in the op code column,
> and only IBM could create an op code. However, these days what about:
>
> NextOrder = GetNextOrderNumber()
>
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