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Here's a couple....

1.) The benefit that prototyping brings to the table. It's hard (no
impossible) to pass incompatible data elements if the compiler is
validating the variables being passed.

2.) Program naming conventions (10 bytes max) as opposed to procedure
naming. For example you can have a program called CustProcs that's used
to process different things for a single customer or you have a service
program with procedures like....
CustomerHas3Dependents() or CustomerPaymentIslate,
getCustomerHomeAddress() or SendCustomerIncentive().

In your code instead of Call CustProcs you now have...

If CustomerHas3Dependents() and not CustomerPaymentIsLate();
CallP getCustomerHomeAddress();
SendCustomerIncentive();
EndIf;

The latter is a lot easier to understand what's going on for the newbie
that has to learn your system. It may be a little investment up front
but down the road much easier to support.

Thanks,

S. Ellsberry


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DennisRootes@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 5:09 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Help! Boss wants to know why ILE?

Please help me come up with some good examples as to what makes ILE
better
than "business as usual". Here's what I've used so far:

1. It's faster - Rebuttal: doesn't matter we have plenty of cpu and
our
machine screams as it is.
2. Service program equals reusability - Rebuttal: we can just use a
separate program for reusable code.
3. Local variables - Rebuttal: if they are inside a separate program it

doesn't matter.
4. System maintenance - Rebuttal: instead of service programs or
subprocedures we have separate pgms so it's the same thing.

It's not that the boss wants to stop us from using ILE, she just wants
to
know what makes it so much better than plain 'ol RPG IV that she should
invest the man hours it's going to take to bring our whole dept up to
speed on ILE. And I just am not coming up with anything that's very
convincing.

So please, if you have any good arguments, let me know.

Thanks,

Dennis

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