Re: "RPG isn't cool"

[Ravi Viswanathan <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck,

There is one other category that needs to be added to your list (to which I
belong !!):

Package software vendors  ex. JDE have not switched to RPG IV.

>From what I hear JDE has no plans of switching to RPG IV.

Buck Calabro wrote:

>
> RPG IV *is* cool - sadly, nobody uses it!  You have no idea how many people
> rail against "switching" to "another language."  Invariably, it's from
> people who fall into one or more of the following categories:
> 1. Never used RPG IV; have gut feeling that it is too hard to learn
> 2. Never used RPG IV; have heard rumours that it is too hard to learn.
> 3. Never used RPG IV; have fears that "old dogs" can't handle features like
> CALLP
> 4. Never used RPG IV; have poor self-esteem and thing they can't handle
> fancy new concepts.
> 5. Never used RPG IV; RPG II/III/400 works just fine, thank you.
>
> Is there another major programming market where the programmers cling so
> fiercely to a clearly inferior language (RPG 400) when they've already paid
> for it's replacement (RPG IV?)  It's this attitude more than anything else
> that dooms "RPG" to it's status as "uncool."  You want a single easy thing
> to improve the language?  Officially announce the end of support for RPG
> 36, RPG III and RPG 400.  RPG IV can already do everything that it's
> predecessors could do and so much more.  Get people to use what they've
> already paid for   Give away GOOD examples of source code - write a new
> manual that only has examples.
>
> Buck Calabro
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