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  • Subject: RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
  • From: Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:34:01 +0100

No, but people who wanted to learn RPG anyway would use it. It such a
straight-forward language to program in (I love it anyway).

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 4:17 PM
>>> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>>> Subject: RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Colin wrote:
>>> >I think it would be a fantastic idea, and would really 
>>> help to increase
>>> >the number of people programming in RPG. It would certain
>>> >make RPG more accessible to individual's
>>> >
>>> >>> >Does this mean theres a chance that RPG will appear on Linux?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> There's always a chance,  There's also the chance that human
>>> >>> civilization on this planet will be wiped out by a collision
>>> >>> with a 10km wide asteroid.
>>> >>>
>>> 
>>> Of all the people who program for Linux (and other Unix
>>> compatible OS/s), how many would choose RPG over other
>>> languages currently available on those systems?  A port
>>> may make RPG more accessible, but would Linux hackers
>>> use it?
>>> 
>>> Cheers!  Hans
>>> 
>>> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>>> 
>>> 
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