RE: Full free form and /copy or /include

The worst thing about IBM i is NOT that you can call those old programs, the worst thing is you still can code in this old style!
So why should a company pay for education and why should a programmer learn something new if they are not forced to do it?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Samstag, 28. September 2019 21:38
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Full free form and /copy or /include

The greatest thing about IBM i is that you can still run programs that you compiled 30+ years ago.

The worst thing about IBM i is that you can still run programs that you compiled 30+ years ago.


Sadly this level of compatibility is a two-edged sword!

On Sep 28, 2019, at 1:11 PM, Åke Olsson <konsult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Actually - now that I think about it may be a good idea that it works
as it does now. Old copy books and all that.

However I sometimes think that backwards compatibility (as is the
reason for why this has been designed this way) is not always a good thing.

On other platforms developers are forced to bring the code up to new
standards "or else". Much easier to motivate management to cough up
the funds to keep the applications modern.

I have seen some RPG-II style code recently that literally made me
shudder...

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