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It never ceases to amaze me how quickly some folks on this list will
take a thread and degenerate it into the age-old debate about coding
styles, and "modern techniques", such as "fixed. vs. free" etc.
Programming style is like taste in fashion or food; no two individuals
are exactly the same in their preferences. (Ever heard of, "To each, his
own"?)
I think that it is quite a remarkable feat that IBM was able to cleverly
evolve the RPG language from RPGIII to RPG IV, slowly enough to bring
most people along, without losing too many people along the way, while
at the same time allowing the "old timers" to continue to code in ways
familiar to them, while allowing the "newbies" to use the newfangled
free-form style of RPG IV, all without totally breaking our
applications. Gradually, as more of the "old timers" retire, and newer
generations of developers take over, the newer styles of coding (free
form, etc.) will eventually prevail.
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