RE: Missed the fact that a line was commented out... -- RPG400-L

I have 512 meg and wdsci runs acceptably.  I only use it for editing
green screen stuff.  CODE400 is included in the package and, as you
said, it runs on a less powerful pc.  It can give you the same
productivity boost for straight coding.

To run Win XP with more than a couple of apps going you need 512 meg
anyway to have a relatively pleasant experience.  I bought a home pc
about 18 months ago for $700 that's big enough to run WDSCI reliably.
They're cheaper now.  Programmers may not need a gamer type pc, but I
think there's a strong business case for giving them a pc that is at
least as powerful as one other people use for e-mail, word processor,
spreadsheet, and web browsing.  My employer is pretty frugal when it
comes to pcs.   

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Cozzi
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:12 AM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Missed the fact that a line was commented out...

The problem with WDSc is the cost. It is so expensive. I know, I know it
is "free" but if you don't already have a PC big enough to run it, it is
a $1000 per programmer product. Granted that was $2500 per programming
some 18 months ago, and will continue to fall, but so will oil prices.
Today it is very costly to get into WDSc. CodeSTudio and CODE/400 can
run on a Piece-of-S--- (aka "POS") PC with little trouble. Someday all
PCs will have 1GB memory minimum and we'll be calling them POS's because
8 to 16 GB will be the high-end.

-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
If everything is under control, you are going too slow.
- Mario Andretti


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Joel Fritz
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:27 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Missed the fact that a line was commented out...


Hmm...It was faster than SEU for me in about an hour.  Just having the
tab key move the cursor from field to field in fixed format gave me a
boost.  For the first week I used mostly SEU line commands and gradually
learned how to use the tools in WDSCI (well I stared with CODE400.)

The help that comes with the product explains the editor pretty well.



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