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  • Subject: Re: An odd thing
  • From: "Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:53:14 -0600

I agree with Chris here. If I could pick and choose from all the languages on 
all of the platforms that I've been on, maybe RPG wouldn't be my first choice. 
But, COBOL would be my last. It's the first language that I learned and my 
least favorite.

Joe Teff
QDS
Bloomington, MN
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>> Having programmed in RPG II, RPG III, ILE RPG, COBOL, CL, Awk, Visual
>> Basic, Delphi, Java, C, SYNON and SQL, I would NEVER pick RPG as my
>> first choice!

> I have programmed in quite a few languages myself. I find nothing wrong with
> RPG and haven't yet been asked for something I couldn't do with it. 
> 
> Aside from language bigotry, I can't see any reason to prefer another
> language over RPG on an AS/400. ILE is a big boost for RPG, and also a big
> departure.
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