RE: /FREE RPG compiler errors

[Dan <dbcerpg@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bob Cagle <bcagle@lynkinc.com> wrote:
> For the poor sap who
> comes along behind me who doesn't understand my free-format - then to
> put it bluntly - he's not doing his job.
> 
> It is all of our responsibilities to stay current.

I agree with the last statement, but if I may stick my toe into dangerous 
territory here...

*In my experience*, higher-ups who make decisions regarding shop standards that 
restrict the usage
of free-form (or even RPG-IV for that matter) COULDN'T GIVE A RAT'S A$$ as to 
whether it's the
best thing since sliced bread.  They may have been an RPG programmer 10 years 
ago, or they may
still be, or they may never have been.  If it means in their mind that it's 
that much harder to
fill a departing programmer's shoes then, guess what, yes, they'll restrict to 
a lowest- or lower-
common denominator.  Question:  Are there more RPG programmers out there who 
know RPG-III than
those who know RPG-IV?  I think so.  Another question:  In any given RPG shop, 
are there
programmers who know the business end like the back of their hand who refuse to 
learn RPG-IV (I've
seen this personally) and their value to the decision makers reaches mythic 
status?  I.e., "If
Bill were to leave us, oh woe to the company."  In the immortal words of Dave 
Barry, "I am NOT
making this up".  I have lived through this hell.

Again, this is just my experience.  I do not "condone" this type of thinking, 
as much as one like
myself can "condone" someone who signs my paycheck and says I am not allowed to 
write in RPG-IV.

<have a sense I'm gonna regret sending this...>
- Dan

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