RE: No Subroutines (was Re: Debugging many subprocedures)

>> Shrug.. I don't have strong feelings about subroutines and subprocedures, 
>> but I do have strong feelings that RPG programmers need to upgrade their 
>> skills, and that the fact that people haven't changed their coding much 
>> since RPG III is a major reason that the iSeries is declining.

>> Therefore, it makes sense to encourage people to use modern techniques, 
>> and to try to push them out of their envelope and get them learning.

>> We don't need more monolithic, rigid, green-screen RPG programs that 
>> people are afraid to make changes to.  They're bad for business. We need 
>> to get people to write easy to maintain, easy to change software that can 
>> be easily adapted to whatever comes next in the computer world.

Hit that nail on the head, Scott.