Geek Code

iSeries Geek Code

The following is the unofficial iSeries extension to "Geek Code" created by Robert Hayden.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS!

OS400

• OS400++++: I am Frank Soltis
• OS400+++ : I think in MI. I communicate to all external processes through message queue entries. I am totally system state.
• OS400++ : Complete mastery of all thing OS/400. I keep my checkbook register in a User Space in the QTEMP library for SCPF.
• OS400+ : Work Management, Database, Communications, and Security all in one. I can really make this box Rock!!!
• OS400: We run all our business on this machine. The company needs me.
• OS400- : I don't know much about that box. It just sits there and runs and I try not to mess with it.
• OS400-- : I used to work on an IBM midrange. Don't you have to type STRS36ENV to make everything work?
• OS400---: Isn't OS/400 just another version of AIX?
• OS400----: I am Bill Gates

RPG

• RPG++++ : I am Barbara Morris
• RPG+++ : I am Jon Paris or Susan Gatner
• RPG++ : I'm comfortable with activation groups
• RPG+ : Procedures are my friend
• RPG : That new EVAL statement is cool
• RPG- : RPG IV? What's that?
• RPG-- : RPG III is the only thing I want to know
• RPG--- : Nobody needs anything more than RPG II
• RPG---- : How do you spell RPG?

MI

• MI++++ : I am Leif Svalgaard
• MI+++: I am Phil Hall
• MI++ : I've hacked together a few MI routines and they worked
• MI+ : I've hacked together a few MI routines and they crashed my system.
• MI : MI is an interesting concept, but I really don't have any use for it.
• MI- : Why would anyone want to write machine specific code?
• MI-- : MI is evil, keep it away from me.

System Values

• SV+++ : I am Al Barsa
• SV++ : I know most of the system values off the top of my head
• SV+ : I know most of the important system values off the top of my head
• SV : I can find the system values I need to change when necessary
• SV- : I need to lookup system values in order to change them
• SV--: I let someone else deal with system values
• SV---: What's a system value?

Java

• JAVA++++: I am Blair Wyman
• JAVA+++ : I am Joe Pluta
• JAVA++ : My programs invoke Java from within RPG
• JAVA+ : I'm comfortable using JT400
• JAVA: Java is a cool language, fun to program, but shouldn't be used where it's not a good fit.
• JAVA- : I'm waiting for Java to stabilize
• JAVA--: I hate Java, Java is new, Java is different, Java is evil
• JAVA---: Leave me be with my RPG II code!

DB2

• DB2++++: I am John Sears
• DB2+++: I understand triggers, constraints, and stored procedures
• DB2++: My database is fairly normalized
• DB2+: I use SQL in my programs
• DB2: I don't worry about the database ... it just works
• DB2-: I have database files with hundreds of join logical files built over them (even though they are just used once a year)
• DB2--: All my files are internally defined
• DB2---: I don't trust databases ... I store all my data in a flat file. Oh yeah, backup's are for wimps.

User Groups

• UG++++: I am Don Rima
• UG+++ : I present at COMMON on a regular basis
• UG++ : I attend COMMON on a regular basis
• UG+ : I attend a local user group meeting on a regular basis
• UG: I attend a local user group meeting when they have an interesting topic
• UG-: I don't attend very many user group meetings
• UG--: My boss doesn't let me attend user group meetings
• UG---: What's a user group? My company doesn't believe in educating programmers. We still multiply dates by 10000.01.

COMMON

• COM++++: I helped form COMMON around a kitchen table in Chicago in the 1960's
• COM+++ : I am a present or former COMMON Board Member. I volunteer for everything and stay awake from Sunday morning until Thursday night two weeks out of the year.
• COM++ : I wear 5 or more ribbons, give 8 or more sessions, and have won 3 speaking awards. I haven't missed a COMMON in years.
• COM+ : Look! I got a red star!! This fall I'm going to present another session!
• COM : I go to COMMON, I learn what I need to, I take it back to my work.
• COM- : Im there just for the Expo. My flight home is Tuesday at 2:00pm
• COM-- : There are sessions during the day??? I spent all day Monday and Tuesday recovering from my CUDS hangover.
• COM--- : Yeah, I went to a COMMON once. Didn't understand what they were all talking about. Saw one good session about Van Gogh, though.
• COM---- : What's COMMON? My company doesn't believe in educating programmers. We still multiply dates by 10000.01.

Security

• SEC++++: I'm at Level 50, Group Profiles, Exit Programs & full auditing
• SEC +++ : I run Level 40 and Exit programs.
• SEC++ : I've created the QAUDJRN
• SEC+ : We've done a little bit of object level authority
• SEC: What's wrong with Level 30?
• SEC- : I don't load ODBC drivers on users PCs
• SEC-- : We just use Menu Security
• SEC--- : I trust my users, they wouldn't break anything.
• SEC---- : Everybody has *ALLOBJ so I don't get security complaints

Reliability

• REL++++: I am an iSeries with a High Availability solution
• REL+++ : I am an iSeries.
• REL++ : Big Iron baby! OS390 rules!!!
• REL+ : We're still running our old Stratus, parts are a little hard to find though.
• REL: We run AIX, nothin' wrong with that.
• REL- : Linux on Intel. Sometimes you just gotta boot the box.
• REL-- : With Win2K, my PC locks up less than once a week.
• REL--- : I like adventure, I'm helping Microsoft debug WinXP
• REL---- : Ya know, one of these days I'm going to get Win 3.1 and Client access to co-exist on this 386 machine!

Upgrades

• UPG+++: I lost power during an upgrade once ... but the system recovered nicely
• UPG++: My upgrades have always gone smooth as silk, no problems at all.
• Need ideas
• UPG----: I am Joe Pluta

Linux

• L++++ : I am Linus Torvalds
• L+++ : I have multiple linux LPAR's running on my system along side native OS400
• L++ : I use Linux as my primary operating system ... I use TN5250 to logon to the iSeries
• L+ : I prefer Linux to Windows
• L : I'm comfortable with Linux but use Windows for my primary development environment
• L- : Linux is a OK, but not really that applicable to my enviornment
• L-- : Linux is a fad
• L--- : I hate linux with a passion ... long live .NET!
• L---- : I am Bill Gates

WDSC

• WDSC++++ : I am Violaine Batthish, Don Yantzi, or Claus Weiss.
• WDSC+++ : I am Joe Pluta
• WDSC++ : I use WDSC as my primary development environment for multiple languages, I haven't touched a green screen in years.
• WDSC+ : I use WDSC mostly, but occasionally have to use SEU.
• WDSC : I use WDSC occasionally ... it's pretty slow on my PC, so I can't depend on it. If I need to get something done fast, I use SEU.
• WDSC- : My PC can only barely handle WDSC.
• WDSC-- : I can't get my Business Partner to send me the CD's.
• WDSC--- : Who needs a fancy shmancy graphical IDE? SEU should be fine for everyone.

Credits

• Security, Reliability, & Common: John Earl
• OS400: David Gibbs & John Earl
• And the rest: David Gibbs

Send suggestions or modifications to david@midrange.com