Re: New RPG programmers

We'll continue to make users think we can't do the things they want in
RPG on the iSeries, pushing them toward other languages/platforms, but
it's IBM that will stop shipping the RPG compiler.

I harp on our programmers constantly to modernize their techniques,
but I can only control what the guys who work for me write.

Mike E.



On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:14:33 -0500, Greg Garner
<ggarner_gds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't think IBM will kill off RPG, ( we have seen the enemy and he is us).
> We will do ourselves in.
> 
> 
> Gregory A. Garner
> Garner Data Systems, Inc.
> 4270 Grand Teton Parkway
> Suwanee, GA 30024
> 
> 
> Phone: 770 845 9636
> Fax:   770 614 3496
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces+ggarner_gds=mindspring.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces+ggarner_gds=mindspring.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Mike Eovino
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 3:05 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: New RPG programmers
> 
> No gray hairs here either (33 years old).  I've been involved with RPG
> for about four years now, coming from a background in web development
> and Visual Basic.
> 
> We grow our own programmers around here.  If someone shows an interest
> in learning RPG, we teach them ourselves.  Obviously, that's going to
> become an issue at some point (when we run out of people).
> 
> And we face the same problem as other shops with some programmers not
> wanting to learn new techniques.  I hope it doesn't happen anytime
> soon, but if IBM kills off RPG, those of us who like to learn will
> move to whatever's left and others of us will be forced to retire.
> 
> Mike E.
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