Re: Cobol vs RPG vs Java vs C vs MI.

[Lori Hainey <lhainey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

RPG cycle as the advantage??? I think the advantage of RPG over COBOL would be
the speed with which you can create a quick update program in RPG - much more
keying required for COBOL. Also, the date handling functions in RPGIV. COBOL on
the other hand I believe makes you understand what is occuring more "behind the
scenes" due to required handling of buffers and all.

Peter Lunde wrote:

> I guess the biggest advantage of RPG is its cycle, which most people turn
> off.
>
> Java has performance issues.
>
> C's biggest advantage is User Defined Functions which allows the language to
> grow.  It's similar to COBOL procedure copybooks, but better.
>
> MI is free.
>
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