RE: Welcome all -- RPGNEXT

On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 15:27, Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) wrote:
> Present and accounted for. 

Aaron, read the rest of the message... and then tell us a bit (more)
about yourself!

:-)

> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 6:33 AM
> To: rpgnext@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RPGNext] Welcome all
> 
> I sent this out the day the list was created, but I don't think it ever
> got through because I sent it from an unregistered address.  If it did
> get through, I apologize for the duplicate posting...
> 
> Joel
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Welcome to the RPGNext mailing list!  I'd first like to thank David
> Gibbs for providing this service for us, it is greatly appreciated.  I'd
> also like to thank all of you for your enthusiastic support of the idea,
> I'm glad the website and tools are helpful.
> 
> Since this list is new, I was wondering if perhaps we could do a brief
> set of introductions?  If you don't mind, take a moment to tell the list
> about yourself, the software you write, and maybe how you use the xRPG
> procedures.  I'd also be curious to know which service programs and
> procedures you find the most useful.
> 
> Allow me to get things started:
> 
> As for myself, you can read my bio on the site at
> http://www.rpgnext.com/joel.php.
> 
> I work for an ISV: we write software for local government, specifically
> Real Estate assessment management.  We also host public real estate
> information on an RPG-CGI website at http://www.vamanet.com.  I write
> mostly in RPG, Java, and PHP.  I use /free exclusively, and I have
> almost totally converted to SQL for database processing.  As much as I
> like to keep up to date, I'm still at V5R1, but I should be upgrading to
> V5R2 pretty soon.
> 
> I began writing the xRPG procedures because of my initial frustrations
> with Date handling in RPGIV and it just sort of blossomed from there.  I
> began to realize that ILE made it possible to effectively extend RPG to
> have almost any features I needed, and so the library has grown from
> there.
> 
> I still use the Date procedures the most.  I also use the String
> procedures extensively.  "getTokens()" is probably my personal favorite.
> I used to use the command procedures a lot, especially overrideFile(),
> but with SQL I rarely override anymore.
> 
> That should do for now.  Thanks for joining the list: I think it will be
> a great addition to the RPGNext community!
> 
> Joel
> http://www.rpgnext.com
> 
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