Re: interesting /. story on RPG

From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
> > From: Leif Svalgaard
> > And yet we see things like the following from ASC:
> >
> > "Free Open Source Tool Converts RPG Source to
> > Java Classes or C++ Programs"
>
> No kidding.  Well, the original "conversion tool" at SSA was designed by a
> Unix cowboy who convinced upper management that all that was required was
to
> run the RPG code through an AWK script.  They actually spent a couple of
> man-years going down that road.
>
> <sigh>
>

No kidding:

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