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

["Eric N. Wilson" <doulos1@xxxxxxxx>]

Bob I sure don't know what rocks you are finding these so called thousands
of RPG programmers from. (Perhaps S/3 machines). I to speak to probably
hundreds of RPG programmers and they have been clamoring for free format RPG
since the days of RPG/Free (A wonderful program in it's own right).

I truely can not understand how you can be against this, the reasons that
you have given in the past emails can and should be moderated by shop
standards. If anything I believe that the CF spec will save RPG (the flint
axe of programming languages).

And yes I have been programming since 1972 on various architectures PDP8 -
PDP11. S/3 S/34 S/38 AS/400 PC's and the list goes on and on. I have tried
to make it a goal to learn a programming language a year (which I was able
to do until C++ threw me a curve with Object Orientantion) If a programmer
does not learn and adapt to refinements in languages then they are limiting
their usefulness and ultimately will be moved off into the grungy world of
continous maintenance coding with no new development.

It is coming and you might as well get used to the idea. You do not have to
use it. Products that you buy do not have to use it. Why you could even
specify that vendor packages could not include free format calc specs in
order to be considered.

Team Toronto full speed ahead and damn the torpedos!

______________________________________________
Eric N. Wilson
President
Doulos Software & Computer Services
2913 N Alder St
Tacoma WA 98407



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