Jon,
Our directors have Windows surface Pro, and they boot up in seconds, not minutes!
While the IBM i developers are stuck with the 5,400 RPM yucky hard-drive, technology from last century!
Last Century, back when IBM still made the discontinued systems AS/400 system-38/36/34/32/3.
The real difference is the difference between a SSD & a last Century slow spinning Laptop Hard-Drive (5,400 RPM).
Sadly, we IBM i Developers are forced to work with the equipment that our employers have given us. Not the equipment we would LIKE to have to do our job. <smirk>
Yes, I am force to maintain some old Monoliths. I have converted approximately 44% of my programs to **free format. They allow the Microsoft developers to re-write their code all the time. But, I have to FIGHT to be able to take my old RPG code out of Punch-Card format. I told my Microsoft boss, Why do you update your Microsoft code? And why do you refactor/re-engineer/etc..
Shouldn't I do the same thing? And NOT accumulate "technical debt"? <Big Smirk>
The biggest reason I like to use **free, it is prevent slacker RPGers from using the GOTO & MOVE operation code! Back in the 80's, I was taught not to use GOTO! If I turn in code with "GOTO" in college, we got an automatic "F". Even if the code worked fine! Which was better than "0"/Zero.
And yes, I much rather have a MAC with a SSD. <Happy Smile>
And yup! I have to restart RDI to resolve issues. When in doubt, restart it! Not often, but still have to do it. <goofy smile>
Good to see that you even have to do that on your MAC and SSD. <LOL>
-Ken Killian-
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From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 11:55 AM
To: Wdsci-L <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Last "Stable Release" of RDI
Most of the people reporting problems are Windows users ? <grin>
It would be interesting to know if the majority of folks who are having troubles are dealing with monoliths all the time. I don't recall the last time I had a program > 500 lines of so and despite having multiple (up to 40 or so) sources open at a time have experienced none of the issues reported here. Only problem I have had lately is an old Eclipse one where the cursor becomes invisible. Restart cures that.
I have seen no evidence that any specific release is more stable than others. Other than the one with the recent memory leak issue.
Jon Paris
www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
On Jul 17, 2018, at 8:25 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have customers asking me a simple question I don't really have a
good answer for: "What is the latest release of RDi that is stable
enough for my development group?
We know IBM works really hard to improve the quality and functionality
of RDi, I'm not questioning those efforts, but it feels like the
reality is falling short of the desire.
I know IBM would like to think the latest is stable but many of my
customers are not quite convinced to keep up the latest code. They
won't ask the question since it identifies them, so they ask me to,
and being me, I have no problem asking.
I'll follow with a second question that might be more relevant: Are
the issues identified on this list partly due to environment (desktop
computer) or style of use, as opposed to the base code of the product?
If so what are the recommended minimums as opposed to the published minimums.
A third important question: is this group the leading edge so
therefore more likely to find issues than most development shops,
therefore it's not a representative sample?
I use RDi almost daily but it's not the focus of my endeavors so I
don't keep up as quickly as you folks, nor do I push it as far as you do.
--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
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