RE: Future fo AS/400??????????????:(:(

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Which makes an interesting point.  COBOL and XML should be a perfect
combination (as opposed to XML and Java) since they're both so verbose!  ;)

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James W. Kilgore [mailto:qappdsn@attglobal.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:37 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Future fo AS/400??????????????:(:(
> 
> 
> Parvez,
> 
> All any craftsperson will tell you, you need more than one 
> tool in your toolbox.
> 
> JAVA has lost its sizzle as the -last language you will ever 
> need to learn-.
> Why?  Have you ever tried to print a report with it?
> 
> IMHO, the only programming language that will carry you from 
> PC to mainframe, and
> all points in between, is COBOL.  The news media has been 
> reporting the death of
> COBOL for 25 years!
> 
> Hang in there grasshopper.
> 
> Pa
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