Re: RDi 9.5 announcement

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I take it you never coded APL?  A primary point of pride amongst APL 
programmers was the ability to code an entire program on a single line.  :)

> Vern, am I to understand that, with an upcoming TR, the RPG compiler will
> recognize source statements that are 32000+ characters on a single line?
>
> The mind boggles.  The question is, how many are at least going to test
> this by creating a 32766 long source file and and writing one line of code
> that goes to the end?  Be honest!  I know I'm going to try it.
>
> - Dan
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > To reply further to Justin on the record length - length of 112 means
> > there are 100 characters available - but only positions 8-80 are available
> > for code - 81-100 are for comments.
> >
> > A source file with 80-character data is actually 92 long, the default.
> >
> > PDM has a limit of 240 characters that it can process, which is a record
> > length of 252. CTRSRCPF allows record lengths up to 32,766 which CAN be
> > edited in RDi and for the full length in the new regime. Before the change
> > upcoming, even with a longer record, only positions 8-80 could be used for
> > code.
> >
> > Good things happening!!
> > Vern