Re: has RPG come a long way or what?

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ME!   Boy that was a long time ago.





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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"
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:23 PM
>Subject: RE: has RPG come a long way or what?
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>
>| 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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