RPG Cafe updated with Fall 2024 enhancements Simon Hutchinson

​[[{“value”:”The RPG Cafe has been updated with the four changes that will be coming in the latest Technology Refreshes, IBM i 7.5 TR5 and 7.4 TR11.
These enhancements are:

In preparation for the switch to the “1970” rule for six long dates, with two digit years, there will be a compile option when used allows you identify where a two digit year is used in the program or module, see here for more details.  
The ability to use the %PROC BiF in the ON-EXIT section of a procedure. Learn more here. 
Two new BiFs, %HIVAL and %LOVAL that will return the largest or smallest possible value that can be held in a variable. The details are here.

I consider these three great additions to the modern RPG language.”}]] Read More 

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