From: "David Blair" 

You're not Ellen.

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3f064052$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > You've obviously never had the pleasure (?) of trying to discern the
inner
> > workings of code written 25 years ago in RPG II then
"upgraded'" to RPG
> III
> > (sort of) and then RPG/400 (which was RPG III for the AS/400 )
> > then RPG IV but not really.
>
> Oh yeah I have, I even still work on some of it. (and have been for my
whole
> AS/400 career.)
>
> > Along the way it had conflicting standards, redundant code, bug fixes
> which
> > rather than fix bugs fix results of bugs introduced at other points in
> code,
> > lost routines, undocumented calls to code which lost its
> > source...................
>
> Happens in all languages.  You should see some of the VB I've had to work
> on, it makes the old stuff look clean. (and VC++ never looks better.)
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "David Blair"  wrote in message
> news:3f0639e1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > You've obviously never had the pleasure (?) of trying to discern the
inner
> > workings of code written 25 years ago in RPG II then
"upgraded'" to RPG
> III
> > (sort of) and then RPG/400 (which was RPG III for the AS/400 )
> > then RPG IV but not really.
> >
> > Along the way it had conflicting standards, redundant code, bug fixes
> which
> > rather than fix bugs fix results of bugs introduced at other points in
> code,
> > lost routines, undocumented calls to code which lost its
> > source...................
> >
> >
> > "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> > news:6ri7gvcdmttetkbq6qeo7g1s3h18te7oe7{at}4ax.com...
> > > Just imagine, you could have my job and be spending hours debugging
> > > ancient Clipper code to figure out what algorithms underlie existing
> > > reports that need to be replaced...
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:22:53 -0400, "Robert Comer"
> > >  wrote in message
:
> > >
> > > >> If I'm doing traditional RPG/400, RPG III, or basic
RPG IV, in
> > maintenance
> > > >> mode with old style code, you can have it.
> > > >
> > > >I'll take anything RPG/400 and better, but I prefer ILERPG.  It
really
> is
> > > >easier IME for any normal business stuff than some of
the other hoops
> > I've
> > > >had to jump through...
> > > >
> > > >- Bob Comer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >"David Blair" 
wrote in message
> > > >news:3f030e3b{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >> It depends on if I am maintaining or doing new
development, and if
I
> am
> > > >able
> > > >> to use ILE or stuck with OPM style.
> > > >>
> > > >> If I'm doing traditional RPG/400, RPG III, or basic
RPG IV, in
> > maintenance
> > > >> mode with old style code, you can have it.
> > > >>
> > > >> If I can do new development with properly designed projects,
perhaps.
> > > >>
> > > >> It's gotten better by V5R2's ILE variant, but....
> > > >>
> > > >> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
> > > >> news:3f01a619{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >> > Nothing wrong with RPG, I'll take it over any
other language for
> > > >business
> > > >> > apps.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > - Bob Comer
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > "David Blair"
 wrote in message
> > > >> > news:3f01298d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
> > > >> > > news:3ef9dcdb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Even us RPG programmers use the
various forms of While...
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > THOSE EVIL LETTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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