RE: Free format H, F, D and P specs

Hi Jon.

If you want to write that pre-processor in your spare time (huh?), I'm in
for a copy. Would love to code with braces.

Harkens back to Paul Conte's free format thingy some years back......


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To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: Free format H, F, D and P specs


On 2013-10-10, at 10:39 AM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The fact is, if EBCDIC can be "worked around" with C and C++, there is
no technical reason they couldn't be worked around with RPG.

"The fact is" that IBM have no incentive to make life difficult for the many
people that such an incompatible change would introduce. And I'm cool with
that.

If I feel an overwhelming need for { } the I'll write myself a
pre-processor.

More to the point though - this boat sailed 10 years ago with /Free - that
would have been the time to do it. To rehash it now is a waste of energy.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com




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