Re: Preventing a divide by zero error

Oh good grief! I had never heard of a book by Stanley so I just figured it was a typo. Learn something new every day <grin>. e.g. a) There is an RPG book by a "Stanley Meyers" and b) It's not very good. Just checked it on Amazon and that puppy is expensive - it is also somewhat ancient as reflected by the "AS/400" in the title.


On 2013-06-23, at 11:15 PM, Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's a completely different book from the Bryan Meyers / Jim Buck book.
(Stanley Meyers <> Bryan Meyers)

But, I completely agree with the recommendation. Jim & Bryan's book is
(IMHO) the best book for learning RPG.

On 6/23/2013 7:12 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

The best thing would be for him to get the current version of the same book. Jim Buck worked with Bryan to significantly update it and the teach sequence is radically improved. It has probably a 2011 or 2012 publishing date. This is the one http://www.amazon.com/Programming-RPG-IV-Jim-Buck/dp/1583473556 and at less than $40 it is a bargain. I don't understand the reviews that rate it poorly - I have to believe they are for the previous version which had gotten rather messy. The current version was a total rewrite by the guy (Jim Buck) who run the most successful IBM i college program going.

The Sorcerers Guide is for when they have finished with this book.


On 2013-06-23, at 3:15 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I took it from Clay's response that the book was clear . "... that
section is there just in case you run into those functions later on. ...
." In 1998 that was highly likely.

Is a "Sorcerer's guide" a better choice for Clay to learn? Or is that
aimed at intermediate & advanced students?

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg245402.pdf



On 6/22/2013 5:12 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

Clay - that represents a very old (very, very old) version of the RPG IV language and frankly you are doing yourself no favours using that version to teach yourself the language. Even if a lot of programmers are still writing code like it was 1998.

Try and find a more up-to-date version - it will be worth the effort.


On 2013-06-22, at 10:07 AM, Clay B Carley <cbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Vern and Jon,

I don't see a version or edition on this book, but it is dated 1998.

In chapter 5, they talk about "traditional RPG arithmetic operations",
but also say that section is there just in case you run into those
functions later on.

Thanks again to everyone who replied!

Clay Carley

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