Re: RDi outline question

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:55 AM, x y <xy6581@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Off-topic: it would be nice to have GOTO/TAG free'd from the shackles of a
C in column six. Using the Scaled Agile Framework's "Weighted Short Job
First" approach for prioritizing work, I'd expect this would come out on
top not because of the value but because the size of the job is (likely)
very small.

I think the job is not as small as you think it is. You're asking for
a change to the RPG language, and not just the addition of a new BIF,
but new syntax. The idea isn't a complicated one, but without having
studied the source code for the compiler, I wouldn't assume it's easy
to "just throw in there".

I also think the value might be smaller than you think it is. I mean,
I understand that *you* find value in it, and I guess there may be
other people who would like it too; but this could well be the first
time I've ever heard anyone bring up the idea. I'm actually not even
clear what it is you want: To be able to put GOTO/TAG inside
free-form code, or to have the 'C' optional in column-oriented
GOTO/TAG (as it is for comments and blank lines). Neither one strikes
me as an improvement to the language.

John Y.