From: "Robert Comer" 

> 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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