Re: What do you call the new freeform RPG?

[David Shaw <daveshawmrc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, hit wrong button (switched to Gmail and still on a learning curve).
 Just wanted to add that the Windows version dropped support for the /free
precompiler and was eventually sold to Aldon, along with a
Windows-based screen/print designer and a graphical debugger.  Aldon put it
to sleep when IBM bundled CODE/400 (and eventually WDSC) with the compilers.

Dave Shaw


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Dave Shaw <daveshawmrc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Paul's RPG/Free had a macro expansion capability that could be used to
> provide a form of free format for non-calc specs. Took some thought, though.
>
> FLEX/Edit for DOS and OS/2 was based on a commercial programming editor of
> the day, I can't remember which one. It supported RPG II, III, and the
> /free precompiler; maybe COBOL, too. Flex/Edit for Windows came later, was
> based on the CodeWright editor
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> From: Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: ‎4/‎23/‎2014 7:16 AM
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> To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: What do you call the new freeform RPG?
>
> Someone else may have a better memory than me Jerry - but if I recall
> correctly what he did was to license and existing text editor and add the
> syntax checkers etc. for RPG and his free-form flavour.
>
>
> On 2014-04-22, at 11:46 PM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Paul even had a version for RPG II, though I think Julian Monypenny
> actually
> > wrote that version.  If I recall correctly (heaven knows at this st/age)
> I
> > even wrote an article about it for Midrange Computing.  One of the few
> > things that I remember is that you could define your own tokens.  I
> liked to
> > define null tokens so that I could code things like:
> >
> > CHAIN using KEYS to FILEA
> >
> > Where 'to' and 'using' were null tokens.  Verbose, I know.
> >
> > Paul even had an IDE that ran on the PC that encompassed RPG II/III/Free
> > syntax.  Never got around to writing that article, but it was pretty
> > revolutionary for its time.  Again can't remember the details (this was
> late
> > 80's or early 90's) but it probably didn't have all of the bells and
> > whistles of RDp.
> >
> > Jerry C. Adams
> > IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Jon Paris
> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 7:43 AM
> > To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
> > Subject: Re: What do you call the new freeform RPG?
> >
> > Paul Conte had an RPG III pre-compiler that used a form of free format -
> > can't recall if it went beyond calcs. Came out during the run up to the
> > announcement of RPG IV.
> >
> >
> > On 2014-04-21, at 8:13 AM, "Briggs, Trevor (TBriggs2)"
> > <TBriggs2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Furthermore, didn't someone come out with a pre-compiler called RPG
> > > FREE before RPG became officially free format?
> > >
> > > Trevor Briggs
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> > > From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Yeung
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:44 PM
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> > > Subject: Re: What do you call the new freeform RPG?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Scott Klement
> > > <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > I also never use the phrase "RPG free".  [...] The phrase "RPG free"
> > > > sounds too much like "RPG III" and since "RPG free" is not an
> > > > official name, you always have to ask for clarification of what it
> > > > means.
> > >
> > > In addition to that, in this day and age of open source and free
> > > software, "RPG free" sounds like it could either be a watered-down
> > > no-additional-cost version of RPG from IBM/Rational, or a third-party
> > > free reimplementation of RPG (potentially for platforms other than the
> > > i).
> > >
> > > John
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