Re: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG

John,
I know it seems a bit scattered, but I put all of my PR's in source
members in a source file called QCOPYSRC. So anytime I need a prototype
for a service program or regular program I just do...

/copy QCOPYSRC,PROGCP
So instead of suffixing with an R or P or whatever you use in the program
name I'll suffix my copy members with CP. So there isn't really much to
think about. That will then make those available to call. Once the
organization is set up and you get your thinking to line up with the new
methods and processes it becomes second nature and, in my experience, is
much faster and more organized.


Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
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Barbara,

I appreciate your patience and professionalism. Despite my
blathering, you still make a genuine, nonjudgmental effort to reach
out. I'll look into it more when I get a chance. I've always gotten
an icky feeling with /copy, but I suppose it's no worse than
#include-ing C header files. (Not that I'm too happy with #include.)
It's yet another place where the program is scattered about, another
piece to maintain. We'll see how it goes.

John