RE: RPG, 10 years from now

I see two general outcomes for RPG in the next 10-20 years:

1. RPG, like Cobol now, will be a fading memory with fewer and fewer
instillations using it. With the constant increase in horse power from
servers Java, C#, and other/new languages of the moment being able to
perform transaction processing with reasonable effectiveness. Altho I don't
think it will completly die for decades to come.

2. RPG will continue to be improved, along with the System i, and will be
recognized as one of, if not the greatest, transaction processing languages
available. 

Duane Christen

On 5/26/06, steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> HI - This is a Friday topic. But, I was having a conversation w/ the
> company Controller. He indicated that he was concerned regarding the long
> term support for the RPG language. He is not an IT guy, but is very
> industry savvy.
>
> I immediatly laughed and said no way, the support will always be there.
>
> Then he got me to thinking, what if he is right?
>
> Does anyone else share this concern?
>
> Steve
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