Re: has RPG come a long way or what?

[Vasant Patel <vasant.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Has any one worked on DE(Data entry)-RPG on IBM/5280.....  : -)
Cheers!
Vasant


Alan E. wrote:

> The COBOL programmers taking RPG-400 once, some of them had
> the fiercest hard time understanding the cycle. One guy kept
> asking "But where's the READ?" He couldn't figure out how
> the code got the fields input.
>
> I don't miss indicator spaguetti at all.
>
> - Alan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "G Armour" <garmour400r@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"
> <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:23 PM
> Subject: RE: has RPG come a long way or what?
>
>
> | Well, it's a little backwards.  I was trying to envision
> *my* grandfathers back in
> | the 70's when they were still working, albeit not RPG or
> any programming for that
> | matter.  But had they been... it would have been my
> grandfather's RPG.
> |
> | Oh, wait, now I see... *you* guys were coding RPG in the
> 70's.  <whack on head>
> | <g,d,r>
> |
> | GA
> |
> | --- ttufankj@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> | > I've been coding RPG since '76.  I guess that makes me
> the grandfather.
> | >
> | >
> | > Tom Daly <Tdaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | >
> | >
> | > You know how old you have to be to even get the joke?
> Now I am feeling
> | > old!
> | >
> | > |
> | > |  Umm... It's not your grandfather's RPG?
> | > |
> | > |  (sorry, couldn't resist.)
> | > |
> | > |  GA
> | > |
> |
> |
> |
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