Re: EGL and RPG - The Fastest Path to the Future

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

I am not sure I agree that somehow Java/C++ programmers are somehow 
disadvantaged by the language. Let's say that all those fresh faced 
programmers coming out of college and technical schools *are* learning 
RPG. There is nothing innately a part of RPG that makes understanding 
business logic and processes any easier or more complete. In other 
words, the fresh faced programmer with any language background will most 
likely be ignorant of basic business logic implementation, unless they 
come from a business degree or experience background.

These days there are enough frameworks available that implementing 
business logic in almost any language is possible and, I would say, 
equally difficult. The problem is in the education, not the language. 
People are being trained as technologists, not business solution 
providers. That is the crux of the problem, IMHO.

Pete


Jeff Crosby wrote:
> I like that whole paragraph even better:
>
> *Cancilla:* One of the benefits of RPG is that you can use the language 
> and focus on understanding a business problem. This is in sharp contrast 
> to, say, Java developers or C++ developers coming out of a 
> computer-science curriculum where the focus is almost purely on 
> technology. They don’t know anything about business, but they sure 
> understand the computer systems, they sure understand complex 
> programming paradigms. On the other hand, one of the benefits of the 
> System i architecture is its hidden technology, which means that the 
> business-system programmers on the platform don’t necessarily have to be 
> technically aware. They can focus on solving business problems.
>
>
> That last sentence explains why I have always loved the IBM midrange.
>
>