Re: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what?

Fine then... we'll just have to be even more trendy... R#    ;D


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R already exists IIRC.
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:52 AM, John McKay <jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Keep it simple ...

*R*

/or/

*RLanguage *....


Easily recognisable as related to  RPG, can also stand for Relational.


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John McKay   mba
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On 07/04/2011 13:21, Jerry C. Adams wrote:

I, too, get frustrated searching for RPG stuff and getting hits for

role

playing games and rocket propelled grenades.  However, changing the

name

will not cause the current searched items to change, which means one

would

have to search on multiple arguments occasionally.  Plus, like System

i,

iSeries, etc., which is still referenced by AS/400, people will

continue to

call it RPG - and get emails from Trevor that we are not keeping up

with the

times (which are a-changing).

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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On Behalf Of Åke Olsson
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 6:52 AM
To: 'rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what?

There have been discussions from time to time as to whether the RPG
programming language should be renamed to something slightly more in

tune

with time or not.

Surely, when you spell it out as "Report Program Generator"  it does

not

only give you a false perception of all the great things you can do

with it

(and definitely not hint at all the wonderfully advanced features we

now

have) but also bring up images of quaint  rulers needed to interpret
compiler printouts, dusty coding sheet pads and maybe even the odd

punched

card.

I have sometimes have youngsters show a slight interest in my work at

first,

but when they find out that it is not any sort of games programming

that I

do they shy away.

Here we also happen to haven an organization called "RPG" which is a

social

club for elderly retired people. Not hip at all.

So:  Should the name be changed or should't it? And to what?

Hint to IBM:ers - A contest could be in place here!



Med vänlig hälsning / Best regards

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