Re: New RPG programmers

[Jeffrey Lee <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think assembly is close to RPG in terms of syntax restrictions

On Nov 5, 2004, at 2:08 PM, Michael Jacobsen wrote:

> No gray hair here either!  I just graduated college in August with an 
> MIS
> degree, and have been programming in RPG IV since June.  I had never 
> even
> heard of RPG or the AS/400 before I took this job.  The closest thing I
> learned to RPG in college was COBOL.
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/05/2004 02:15:56 PM:
>
> > Does the community see where the new crop of RPG programmers is coming
> from?
> > A few long term iSeries sites are evaluating the "graying" of the
> community
> > (see the MCPress survey).  They are deciding whether to invest in 
> > "new"
> RPG
> > coders as employees and instead only use contractors as the resource.
> >
> > Gregory A. Garner
> > Garner Data Systems, Inc.
> > 4270 Grand Teton Parkway
> > Suwanee, GA 30024
> > Phone: 770 845 9636
> > Fax:   770 614 3496
> >
> >
> >
> >
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