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  • Subject: Re: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret)
  • From: nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:32:07 -0500
  • Organization: Data Design Inc. http://www.datadesigninc.com

 
> This was done several years ago.. It was called "RPG Free" as I
> recall...
> Roger Pence might be able to shed some light on that subject.. It was
> developed by some folks at one of the magazines or one of the authors..
> 
> I can't remember all the details, but it was free form RPG... I don't
> think it was ever widely accepted by the general community... Somebody
> went to a hell of a lot of trouble to do it, then it wasn't used....


just a week or so ago, i heard roger pence talk about that very topic!

you had to upload and download your programs to a p/c.  it was in the
early 90's, when us programmer types still had dumb terminals.  


nj
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