Re: Convert RPG to ILERPG

[Lorne <lorne.sturgeoff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also if you convert to ILE RPG you can take advantage of Outline view and
other cool features in RDi.
Lorne

On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 12:20, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Performance of the code at run time?  Performance of the programmers and
> ability to train newbies?
>
> For run time performance my experience is that there may be a small
> performance gain in some programs and a small loss in others. The majority
> of the gains are made by making small tweaks to the program. For example a
> program using FEOD can be updated to use the more efficient FEOD(N) in RPG
> IV.  Also changing old inefficient methods of working for new language
> capabilities.
>
> Generally though if all you are looking to do is convert and then do
> nothing with the code it will not be worth the effort.  If you are making
> updates and anticipate ongoing maintenance then I would _always_ upgrade
> the code to RPG IV unless there was some major reason not to. There are too
> many wonderful features in RPG IV that make so many things easier to do
> that to not take advantage of it is foolish in my opinion.
>
>
>
> > On May 28, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Inocencio Gomez Larroza <
> inogomezpy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What is the impact in performance convert RPG programs to ILERPG
> programs?
> > InoGomezPy