Reasons for using RPGIV

["sjl" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am involved in a philosophical argument with one of the lead developers in 
the JDE/Oracle V5R4 shop where I have been working as a consultant for the 
last five years.

If I understand her correctly, her argument is that as a JDE shop that we 
should NOT be using RPGIV at all, and that we should be writing /all/ code 
in RPG/400.  I don't necessarily disagree, in the case of simple mods to an 
existing JDE program, but I would argue that /all/ new development should be 
done in free-form RPGIV.

Background:
We currently have a mixture of OPM and RPGIV code.

Some of the RPGIV is programs that have simply been run through CVTRPGSRC to 
convert them to fixed-form ILE source, other RPGIV code includes several 
including entire sub-systems which have been written entirely in free-form 
RPGIV utilizing service programs and binding source.

Other than hitting the RPG/400 compiler limits on the number of arrays, 
tables, and files (which necessitates converting the program to RPGIV in 
order for it to compile successfully), she wants me to present five 
compelling reasons to justify the use of RPGIV, particularly free-form RPGIV 
code.

Any thoughts?  I need ammunition!

- sjl