IBM i, Programming, RPG

RPG Code Hints and Tips – using slash Title Mainline

I’m in the middle of refactoring a load of old Projex400 RPG code from RPG3 upto RPG4 and using all the modern BIF’s. It’s a fun thing to do in the evening while I’m hiding in an hotel room in rainy Ohio. But I digress… Inevitably my first compile will fail and I normally want …

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iSeries, AS400, IBM i, Life, Programming

I used to be an AS400 programmer

OK, so just what the heck DO we call The AS400 nowadays? On a few blogs and forums this topic is frequently raising its head. It seems to be a bone of contention with virtually every IBM ‘thingie’ System developer out there. The HERD continues to call this machine an AS400, a few confuse it further …

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