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  3. June 2011

Re: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG

James,

You're aware that I was quoting someone else there, right? I mean, I know
you know that you and I are the lone PL/I boosters out here...

Rory

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:23 AM, James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Rory Hewitt wrote:
"Anyone who is still using SEU as it's main or even only editor and does
not want to use something "modern" like RDP, really, REALLY does NOT
want to
learn, anything..."
and...

How about
"Anybody who uses only one HLL, and particularly one who does so while
ignoring that HLL's major features, whether because they're too new or
because they're too old, is like a carpenter with only one tool: when
all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

--
JHHL
(Who uses ILE extensions, mixed-language, and The Cycle, sometimes all
in the same program, but who still uses ILE, and has, as of yet, found
no practical use for "/free.")


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