RE: Time to get serious

Well...we all know that RPG stands for "Ryan Programs Great", but that's
a different thread...

I've coded in RPG for 20+ years and it's by far my favorite language. I
think a big problem, ourtside the iSeries space and regretably inside
also, is that when people think of RPG, they think of 14 indicators
conditioning a MOVE operation. We on this list know that that's not
true, but way too many people don't realize that one can do anything in
RPG that they can do in any other language.

I know slews of RPG programmers that don't use extended Factor 2 for
crying out loud, much less free format, ILE, functions, WDSC, etc.

I'm happy to say that RPG does everything I need it to do in terms of
business data processing. 

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Time to get serious
> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, February 25, 2005 1:46 pm
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> That's a naming issue.  You SHOULD be able to call something "dogturd"
> and then sell it if you market it properly.
> 
> The problem is the maerketnig part of it.  What I haven't heard one
> person say, even on these lists, is that RPG is a kick-ass language that
> ought to be used MORE, not less, and that it stands up to anything in
> the market for defining business rules.  That's the truth, but nobody
> wants to say it.  My little vignettes say exactly that.
> 
> That's not to say that the name RPG doesn't have some baggage.  I just
> don't know if a wholesale rename is the right answer; there's a lot of
> positive brand recognition there.  There are ways to desensitize the
> current name: come up with "cute" acronyms or use the "this is NOT your
> father's RPG" technique, which actually worked pretty well for
> Oldsmobile.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> > From: michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > I love it...but I can hear folks saying, "But I don't want to generate
> a
> > report program!".
> 
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