Nothing's "wrong" with PDM. I still use it only a daily basis, though mostly for CL's (prompting in WDSc is so slooow), and the RPG II (forgive me, father, for I have sinned) that's still laying around. And I've got a ton of short cuts (user-defined options) there that make life easy (for me, anyway).
But many things that programmers do (coding, changing code, searching) are just easier in WDSc - though there is that speed factor sometimes. One of the things I like about WDSc is that it shows the template for the current line I'm on, not the first line in the current window.
While I (and many others here, I'm guessing) switch back and forth between PDM and WDSc effortlessly, it's really the new (young) programmers, James, that need WDSc; they're used to the IDE interface from college or tech school. They (the new guys) really have a hard time with green screen and (gasp) fixed format coding.
It's like Jon said somewhere else: Horse and buggy works, but would you want to use one on a daily basis? (Or something to that effect.)
Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James H. H. Lampert
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:26 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Change management systems
Bryce Martin wrote:
That's like telling a lumber jack they can still use a 2 man saw to cut
down 100 year old oak trees.
And what in blazes is wrong with PDM?
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