RE: RPG hard to learn?

RPG has a size limit on arrays.

16MB makes already a big array!

BTW I'd never read a CSV into an array.
I'd use embedded SQL (or even better my SQL table function which can read
any *.csv file and split it into Columns)

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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve
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Sent: Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2017 21:46
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Subject: Re: RPG hard to learn?

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_sort.asp

one page explains sorting an array. You also get a lesson on callback
functions. Which can be applied to your own functions or what is in the
framework. The RPG equivalent is not as concise. And of course, you RPG
trainees, we have to have another lesson on what can go wrong when reading
something like a CSV file into an array. RPG has a size limit on arrays.
Have to learn SQL and cursors

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<Chuckle> Bad example Steve - it couldn't be much easier ...

sorta array(*).key;

But as was noted earlier - the OP's question concerned how hard RPG
was to learn. Not whether it was easier to perform certain tasks. And
it is easy to learn.


Jon Paris

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On Jun 29, 2017, at 1:49 PM, Steve Richter
<stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:25 PM, John Yeung
<gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Easier to solve problem X in language Y than in language Z" is a
very different proposition than "easier to learn language Y versus
learning language Z".

I think the two issues are closely related. How do you teach someone to
sort a data struct array in RPG? It is easier to both do the sort and
teach it in a full featured language like javascript or Swift.
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