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  3. November 2004

RE: New RPG programmers

I agree.  (I'm in agree mode today :).)  RPG is pretty easy and 
straightforward.  If a person graduated with a cs degree or done other 
programming before, learning RPG on his/her own should be a piece of cake.

  

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:51 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: New RPG programmers


I don't think there is a need for an RPG tutorial, and this is how my
thinking goes.  RPG isn't a difficult language.  It doesn't have the
interesting character set of APL, nor does it have the complex OO
techniques of Smalltalk.  It's very straightforward, even with the
concept of externalised I/O.  About the only thing a beginner really
needs help on (that is, something that isn't found in C, Java, or VB)
is external device files like display and printers.  Especially
subfiles and how the various indicators affect the output.

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