RE: What do you call the new freeform RPG?

[Kurt Anderson <Kurt.Anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Consensus seems to be just to talk it out.  I'm fine with that.

Before the new freeform came out, I could say that all of our RPG programs were freeform.  Now post-new-syntax all of our RPG programs are partially freeform.

In regard to "RPG Free" not being a phrase, it's on the IBM_RPG wiki page as a "dialect" (actually as RPG/FREE).  However when we posted our ad for a programmer, I actually specified requiring "Free-form ILE RPG."

Thanks for the feedback,

Kurt Anderson
Sr. Programmer/Analyst - Application Development, Service Delivery Platform

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:25 PM
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Subject: Re: What do you call the new freeform RPG?

I don't know that it matters...

I don't see that big a difference between fixed and freeform D-specs...

Somebody comfortable with "free form" should be able to move to the fully free pretty easy.

Personally, I differentiate on
 - RPG III
 - RPG III+ (RPG III code run through CVTRPGSRC, no EVALS or long names
ect.)
 - RPG IV   (no service programs and likely no procedures, CRTBNDRPG
DFTACTGRP(*YES))
 - ILE RPG

I'd ask about freeform, but I suspect anybody doing ILE RPG is using freeform.

Charles




On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Kurt Anderson
<Kurt.Anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Since we've had many years of RPG/Free meaning freeform C-specs, how 
> do you refer to the new freeform?  I ask because ever since the new 
> freeform came out, I've found that I've had to differentiate between 
> RPG Free and what I've poorly dubbed "fully freeform RPG."
>
> I'm sure there will come a time when there is no need to 
> differentiate, but at this time if an RPG programmer says they know 
> RPG Free, until told otherwise I assume they do not know the new freeform syntax.
>
> Thoughts?
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