If I could pick one word that is omitted from the IBM System i world that is sorely needed it would be the word deprecated. Backwards compatible
is only as valuable if the value of forward moving over forward innovation is at least twice as great.
By not deprecating code, techniques, and styles, the development world of the System i (formerly the AS/400 - iSeries) has remained mostly in a zombie like stage while only a few brave souls move forward and define modern RPG and System i based development. Punch cards are a novelty and a Smithsonian exhibit. Stop programming like these are still in use, but that is if you were made to stop, because what you are doing is deprecated and it won't compile anymore. That would mean that you have to learn something new to get around that brick wall. Then you join the force of developers who are in the "now" and moving software forward with the times and hopefully ahead of the times.
-M
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