RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alistair Rooney [mailto:alistairr@tbsa.co.za]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:22 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
> 
> 
>  Jerry,
> 
> As another "youthfully challenged" programmer I had the same 
> misgivings
> about learning new languages. However now that I've dabbled 
> in Java and
> VBasic I have to say that learning a new language can bring 
> back a lot of
> the lost enthusiasm I had in my younger days.
> 
> So if people are looking for a reason to learn a new language or even
> re-invent RPG IMHO that is it!
> 
> Don't go out and buy the Porsche when you hit mid-life 
> crisis, learn a new
> language or do an MCSE! ;)
> 
> Alistair Rooney
> Project Leader (Interfaces)
> Tibbett & Britten SA (www.tbg.co.uk)
> +27 (0) 31 204 7701
> alistairr@tbsa.co.za
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Feador <JLF@valley-media.com>
> To: boothm@ibm.net <boothm@ibm.net>; RPG400-L@midrange.com
> <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Date: 02 August 1999 09:04
> Subject: Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
> 
> 
> >I'll have to agree with the RPG'ers not being versed in C 
> and probably
> don't want to be. My company is considering going to Java, 
> not as hard to
> learn as C but I'm no spring chicken (42) and learning 
> another language now
> isn't something I'm looking forward to... Oh well, progress, 
> (in whatever
> form), must go on...
> >Jerry
> >
> >>>> <boothm@ibm.net> 08/02 9:29 AM >>>
> >Scott, I think you hit right on the point and you make my 
> point exactly.
> >You are skilled with both RPG and C.  However most RPG 
> programmers are not
> >skilled with C and never will be, so when C-like standards 
> begin popping
> >up in our faces we don't know what is happening.  For me at 
> least it is
> >frightening.
> >
> >And, no, I wouldn't flame you on this at all.  I envy you 
> but realize my
> >destiny is RPG, not C.
> >
> >
> >In <ISUMAILR4.M00003777@as400.klements.com>, on 08/02/99
> >   at 02:51 AM, "Scott Klement" <infosys@klements.com> said:
> >
> >
> >>(To the people on the list in general --  This is my 
> opinion.  PLEASE
> >>don't yell at me or flame me if you disagree.  This opinion 
> is based on
> >>experience training new programmers in BOTH RPG and C.  However, I
> >>recognize that whats easy code for me to read isn't 
> necessarily whats
> >>easy for YOU to read... fair enough?)
> >
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> >Booth Martin
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