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I have been following this thread with interest. I would like to keep my skills up to date (who wouldn't?) and was wondering what language would be best combined with my RPG and little bit of COBOL knowledge. I admit my ignorance....is Java the same whether it is on a PC or on the AS/400? Donna Zukowski Year 2000 Project Manager BIC Corporation > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans Boldt [SMTP:boldt@ca.ibm.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 2:23 PM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > Subject: Re: Re[2]: RPG TALENT--Global issue > > Sorry, but I can't take a bow. In my opinion, the preferred > language on the AS/400 will become Java. Java is big, and > getting bigger. It's a more important language now after 3 > years of development than C++ was after the same period of > time. And rightfully so. Since it omits the ugly features of > C++, programmers can be at least twice as productive using > Java. Because the JVM on the AS/400 is second to none, many > of us here believe Java is destined to greatness on that > machine. > > Will RPG disappear? No, of course not. There's too much > RPG code out there. Unfortunately, RPG still lacks such > important modern programming features as OOP and type > definitions (after 40 years) and probably never will have. > As a result, over time, less and less new code will be > written in RPG. > > BTW, I've been learning Java in my spare time and I've never > had so much fun programming! > > Cheers! Hans > > Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com > > > > > owner-midrange-l@midrange.com on 98-05-28 11:40:35 > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > cc: > Subject: Re[2]: RPG TALENT--Global issue > > > > Seems to me that RPG _CAN_AND_WILL_ remain the preferred programming > language on > the AS400. ILE RPG overcomes most of the restrictions we've had to > deal with in > the past, and IMO, has become every bit as robust and flexible as "C" > and its > cousins "C++" and "Java". Hats off to the crew at Toronto (Hans, take > a bow). > > Personally, I'd rather have to run naked through a briar patch than > have to code > apps in "C". (Then again, coding C could be like running naked in a > briar > patch.... lots of pointers) > > Why is everyone so sure that the talent pool for AS400 is diminishing? > Like > everything else, when PC programmers are falling all over themselves > competing > with forty other applicants for a single programming position that > pays barely > over minimum wage, there's going to be a steady migration toward other > systems, > such as the as400. > > Eric A DeLong > ericadelong@pmsc.com > > ______________________________ Reply Separator > _________________________________ > > > RPG may have been our legacy but it certainly shouldn't - and won't - > be our > future. So why not give a 'C' course on the AS/400? That way we can > teach > familiarity with the machine and the operating system - far more > valuable > commodities than some rudimentary RPG. > > > >+--- > Tim what might the market be for that skill today? > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- > > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- > > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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