Re: Who Knew You Could Do That with RPG IV? Redbook

Actually there are two new RedPages pieces for the Redbook that have been
issued in the last six months or so. It was decided that a full update was
not practical.

Please understand that writing Redbooks is even more a labor of love than
writing magazine articles or whatever. You get paid for magazine work and as
long as you don't calculate your hourly rate it is at least something.

IBM pay nothing (nada, ziltch, rien) for Redbooks. Some are lucky enough to
be paid by their employer while they work on it. In our case all of us run
our own companies. So taking time out to write a Redbook is a new loss - a
significant one.

We tried to update the book (you can follow the story line here -
http://systemideveloper.com/redbookdiary.html - although it is a little out of
date) but so far have only manage the two new pieces. We might manage one
more - but don't hold your breath - it is just too time consuming.

Here's the links for the new bits on APIs and error handling:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4324.html

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4321.html


On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:32:12 -0500, rpg400-l-request wrote

Wow... almost two years ago is the last update.

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Mike Wills
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