RE: Time to get serious

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

There's an excellent point in that Jow - evolution. I don't know of
another language (and I'll preface it by saying I only know a few)
that's evolved as much as RPG in the 20+ years I've been programming.
btw...I don't think one can embrace a language unless you've made money
coding in it. School and casual reading just isn't the same.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Time to get serious
> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, February 28, 2005 9:10 pm
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> All fine and good, but RPG is a hell of a language WITHOUT all the new
> stuff, Michael.  The concept of navigational database access within a
> procedural language is absolutely crucial to learning proper programming
> and database design, and you don't need procedures and BIFs and /free
> for that.
> 
> Not that I dislike the new features; I think they make the language
> easier to use and, what the hell, they may even attract those
> programmers who don't know that the data type "Boolean" comes from
> Boolean logic.  But RPG is a great language, has been for decades, and
> continues to grow and evolve in ways that few other languages can match.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> > From: Michael Ryan
> > 
> > I agree. The majority of programmers either don't know about RPG or
> have a
> > preconceived notion based on long ago experience. And who should be
> blame
> > for this? Well...look around at the RPG programmers you know. How many
> are
> > comfortable using built-in functions? Procedures? ILE? Free form?
> Mixed
> > case statements for crying out loud?
> 
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