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Fully free format is not at the top of my list for improvements for RPG, even if free form D spec syntax met with my personal approval. :-)
I would rather see resources put into improving the SQL pre-compiler, although 6.1 is leaps and bounds better than previous versions, or additional capabilities in the LPEX editor for formatting/colorization/prompting or additional features like the coming "Open Files(?)", procedure overloading, or (dare I say it) promotion/marketing of the IBM i.
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hans Boldt
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:32 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: RPG V?
Kurt Anderson wrote:
Thanks for the article link, Hans.
I'm all in for a fully free format RPG. I really don't get what you're talking about with a window of opportunity. I wish WDSC would color code %BIFs. I've been wishing it for, oh, 5 years or more. If they suddenly did it, I wouldn't say, "Sorry, you missed your opportunity." Now, if you simply don't care about what they're doing, then that's a whole nother story.
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Kurt: I think you're missing my point. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing a fully free-form RPG V language.
But I just don't see a rationale for it. That is, what problem is it solving? Is it more important than other pressing needs? That always was the question, and still is, the way I see it.
Without any substantive benefit, the only thing I can think of is that IBM sees benefit in the buzz surrounding the change.
Cheers! Hans
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