RE: what was the single mgmt decision made in mid-1990s that slowedthe evolution of ILE/RPG?

Game, set, and match, Mr. Paris.

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:51 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: what was the single mgmt decision made in mid-1990s that
slowedthe evolution of ILE/RPG?


On 27-Feb-09, at 10:13 AM, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

... Unfortunately, it hasn't
evolved quickly or far enough and, if I am to believe people I have
worked with that were on the original ILE team at IBM, that could go
down to a single management decision back in the mid-1990s on how far
to take the language. ...

You still seem to be wrestling with this so let me spell it out as
simply as I can Steve.

The above remark was made by a person who:

a) Did not work at IBM

b) Was not party to _any_ discussions on the future of ILE and RPG and

c) Has a product to sell.


On the other hand Hans and I were:

A) Both working for IBM during the period in question.

B) Were both heavily involved in many many architectural discussions
on RPG and ILE.

C) Hans was a lead architect/developer on the RPG IV compiler

D) In addition to my work in Toronto I spent 8 months on assignment
on Rochester working with the ILE architecture team.

Don't you think that one of us would have heard at least a hint of
this "single management decision"?

We didn't - there wasn't one - end of story.


Jon Paris

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