AS400, IBM i, iSeries

Each IBM i Technology Releases is like a vintage sports car

I always wanted a TR6 or even its pointy cheese wedge cousin the TR7… but this blog isnt about that. It’s about the much more geekish IBM i Technology Release for IBM i operating system: Steve Will, IBM i Chief Architect, talks about some of the highlights of #IBMi TR6 and TR7 that were delivered in 2013: …

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IBM i, Programming

RPG gets a facelift with IBM i 7.1 TR7

I’m loving the new changes to RPGLE with IBM i 7.1 TR7 (that is Technology Release 7). Not to be confused with the awesome Triumph TR7, the sexy pop-up headlight car from the eighties, but I digress… Removal of many unnecessary specifications like F, or P /free /endfree is gone the long procedure and variable …

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