Re: WDSCi shop moving to IBM i 6.1

Thanks for that, Dave. The one feature I still fall back to PDM for is
string-search through our source members. I've not found anything
acceptable in WDSC here - it just dies trying. I suspect that has been
resolved in RDi/RDP? If indeed that is no longer an issue, I could do
w/o ADTS.



Prior to my original post, I reviewed the discussion on the archives
from last August (Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] justifying RDi when WDSCi
'still works'), and wondered if the sentiments have changed, or if new
justifications for upgrade have become obvious.



-- Michael

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WDSCi 7.0 runs against 6.1 just as well as it runs against V5R4. I
haven't used any of the 6.1 compiler enhancements, so I'm not quite sure
what to expect there. I know it won't prompt them, just not sure what
the verifiers and syntax checkers will make of them.



I don't know how your ADTS entitlements compare to your actual
requirements, but that's also something your management needs to look
at. Maybe if you have extra ADTS licenses, you can reduce your RDP
costs through the upgrade option, if that's available to you. I tried
to work that angle, but it didn't pan out here.



Dave Shaw

Mohawk Industries





----- Original Message -----

From: "Koester, Michael" <mkoester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: <WDSCI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:32 AM

Subject: [WDSCI-L] WDSCi shop moving to IBM i 6.1

Word from system admin is that we will soon be on i 6.1. I am using

WDSC V 7.0.0.8 (7.0.0.20090225_1508) and I have concerns that our WDSC

development environment may soon need to go RDi/RDP. I understand

that

WDSC does not "grow" with post-v5r4 advances to RPG.

First question: How successful is running WDSC in the IBM i 6.1

environment?