Programming, AS400, IBM i, iSeries, RPG

RPG Program Source Code – Clever or Clear?

Should RPG code be long form or short form? I’ve been working on an interesting project focused on taking some old RPG code and re-factoring it to make it more efficient. Fascinating work for a client that is focused on doubling its IBM i throughput and reducing the CPU load of all its old programs. …

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Programming, AS400, IBM i, iSeries, Religion, RPG, Software Change Management

RPG Programming Standards – Code Style Guide for IBM i, iSeries and AS400 Programmers

RPG Programming Standards? “RPG Programming Standards” have been debated since the invention of the wheel. With an entire generation of RPG programmers evolving from the early days of System/3x column based RPG code to modern free flowing web format code the adoption of a simple clean programming layout standard has been a mythical quest. Old …

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