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  • Subject: Re[2]: RPG TALENT--Global issue
  • From: ericadelong@xxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 May 98 09:50:56 -0500


Seems to me that RPG _CAN_AND_WILL_ remain the preferred programming language on
the AS400. ILE RPG overcomes most of the restrictions we've had to deal with in 
the past, and IMO, has become every bit as robust and flexible as "C" and its 
cousins "C++" and "Java". Hats off to the crew at Toronto (Hans, take a bow). 

Personally, I'd rather have to run naked through a briar patch than have to code
apps in "C". (Then again, coding C could be like running naked in a briar 
patch.... lots of pointers) 

Why is everyone so sure that the talent pool for AS400 is diminishing? Like 
everything else, when PC programmers are falling all over themselves competing 
with forty other applicants for a single programming position that pays barely 
over minimum wage, there's going to be a steady migration toward other systems, 
such as the as400.  

Eric A DeLong   
ericadelong@pmsc.com

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RPG may have been our legacy but it certainly shouldn't - and won't - be our 
future. So why not give a 'C' course on the AS/400? That way we can teach 
familiarity with the machine and the operating system - far more valuable 
commodities than some rudimentary RPG.        
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Tim  what  might the market  be for that skill today? 
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