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Ron, Check out this link to see the old beauties. Could this be the origin of the term 'spaghetti code'? ;-) http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/402.html#panels Terry Richardson Vermont Information Processing, Inc. terry@xxxxxxxxxx "Newman, Ron" <Ron.Newman@xxxxx uck.com> To Sent by: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / rpg400-l-bounces@ iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> midrange.com cc Subject 05/27/2003 04:04 RE: programming language genealogy PM Please respond to RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxx e.com> does anyone have one of those old plug board? I am not that old Ron Newman Sr. Programmer Analyst IBM - Certified Programmer MHC 1524 North Corrington Kansas City, MO 64120 816.242.6273 "All my life I wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific." -----Original Message----- From: Jon Paris [mailto:Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 2:45 PM To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: programming language genealogy >> The direct predecessor of RPG (I) was the plugboard for the 407 accounting machine, which is arguably not a programming language. Which is exactly what was meant by tabulators (or tabs) which was the generic term used by those who did not live in an IBM centric universe. i.e. those of us who programmed Hollerith, British Tab, or ICT equipment. They were certainly programmed. In addition to the wires, the "language" one used was often a crude form of Anglo-Saxon <grin>. Since the RPG "language" was very directly aimed at emulating the 407's functions - it is after all where we get the RPG cycle and indicators from - I think you have to count it as a language and place it directly in the time line. No other language (to my knowledge). At one time there was some form of conversion routine whereby you described the plugboard programming and it generated RPG. Or did you plug the board into a device and it worked it out? Getting too old and suffering from CRS these days so I can't recall the exact details. I'll give you the /free argument <g> Jon Paris Partner400 www.Partner400.com _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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