IMHO: Is RPG Free-Form a Cat in Tiger's Clothes?
Luckily, the cremation ceremony of our Unix box is underway and with it will go the god farsaken VI. I have completely ported the entire system to AS/400. How did I convince them? I showed them what Query/400 can do that VI can not do. Then I showed them what SQL can do. Then I went on to show the prototype programs I wrote as a replacement of Unix programs. They liked the enhanced functionality and approved the project. VI sank the Unix ship and gave extra life AS/400. P.S. The rest of your article was exactly my sentiment. A multi-platform guy would never like fixed format.
Luckily, the cremation ceremony of our Unix box is underway and with it will go the god farsaken VI. I have completely ported the entire system to AS/400. How did I convince them? I showed them what Query/400 can do that VI can not do. Then I showed them what SQL can do. Then I went on to show the prototype programs I wrote as a replacement of Unix programs. They liked the enhanced functionality and approved the project. VI sank the Unix ship and gave extra life AS/400. P.S. The rest of your article was exactly my sentiment. A multi-platform guy would never like fixed format.
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