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

Well said, Brother Bruce!

Bob Cozzi

http://www.RPGIV.com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 7:23 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
>
>
>
>
> Bob Cozzi wrote:
> >
> > Well,
> >
>
>
> Dear Bob, John, Jon, et al.
>
>
> RPG programmers are significantly impacted in the efficiency of
> producing code in RPG.
>
> (What did he say?)
>
> I have spent more time reading and listening to all of these free form
> arguments for years, than it took to LEARN Java. Meanwhile, we are still
> cutting bait.
>
> WARNING: The following is a run-on, comma-splice sentence.
>
> This thread and others like it, for example, the almost identical thread
> that ran, what, 5 years ago, on CompuServe (remember?) have convinced me
> that one of two things need to happen: 1. Get a standards body together
> outside of IBM and force them to build compilers to THOSE standards (HA!
> FAT CHANCE!) or 2. Learn a new language, code in THAT language and sit
> back while all of this RPG stuff goes on for another 5 years.
>
> I am leaning (Leaning! Hell! COBOL, C, C++ and Java work today for me!)
> to the second.
>
> Did he say COBOL?  <VBG>
> Hey, they have the CF spec, without the CF!
>
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> R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
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>  -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator
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