Re: RPG easier/harder to use than other languages? -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: RPG easier/harder to use than other languages?
From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 13:23:10 -0400
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On 7/3/2017 1:01 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:

" If RPG were easier / more flexible to use than say .NET or PHP for web apps, why don't web teams switch?"

Probably the same reason I use RPG for web apps. I know it and haven't found a compelling reason to change (and I have looked).

Which might be one definition of 'not easier'.

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RE: RPG easier/harder to use than other languages? , Justin Taylor
Re: RPG easier/harder to use than other languages? , Raul A Jager W

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