Re: Date compare Best Practices

[Colin Williams <colin.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

I agree,

the move to RPGIV is just about the easiest one ive ever done. It took me
about an hour before I felt comfortable with RPGIV, and then free format,
because the basic underlying principles of RPG and the as400 are still the
same.

I cant believe people are still hanging on, ILE and RPGIV appeared in what,
1995,1996, thats at least 8 years ago! It cannot be described as new
techniques any more.

cheers
Colin.W

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Mildenberger" <scottmildenberger@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:scottmildenberger@xxxxxxxxx>>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 3:00 PM
Subject: RE: Date compare Best Practices


> If your shop moved to RPG IV the increase in productivity would
> help them catch up on their backlog and respond to new requests
> in a more timely manner. In my opinion, the excuse to move
> forward because you are too busy is a poor one.
>
> Scott Mildenberger
>
> --- simafrog <SimaFrog@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:SimaFrog@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > In the case where I am, the shop using the cycle, O specs for
> > output, etc... IMO they are swamped with work, and cannot
> > afford the investment of time that it would take. Most of the
> > employees have been there since early 90's. This is what they
> > know. If they have to quickly put out a fire, they want to be
> > able to understand the program immediatly. BTW, they do have
> > standards. One extra snippet of code that I wrote was rejected
> > (double IF's). Reports must look exactly a certain way.
> > It makes sense when you see the pressure that they are under.
> > That is the explanation for my current place. My first decent
> > job in 18 months so I won't even go there in terms of why they
> > won't change, because I am happy.
> >
>
>
>
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