Re: ?Withdrawal of RPG/400 compiler?

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well....he's not the only one...   And what's his BUSINESS reason for
doing so?  If it works, why fix it?



On Thu, 19 May 2005, Jim Franz wrote:

> current project we have thousands....Proj mgr refuses to allocate time to
> modernize.
> jim
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> > I think we have a few that haven't been done yet.  We do them as they come
> > in for work.
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> > As part of another major project we recently converted all remaining RPG
> > programs to RPGLE
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> > Does anyone else still have RPG programs they havent converted?
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> > cheers
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Campin [mailto:Alan.Campin@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 19 May 2005 01:08
> > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: RE: ?Withdrawal of RPG/400 compiler?
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> > He is not saying they have announced withdrawal. He is saying what if they
> > announced. My opinion only.
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> > From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 2:08 PM
> > To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: ?Withdrawal of RPG/400 compiler?
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> >
> > Received an ezine from "iSeries EXTRA" <iSeriesEXTRA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > entitled eServer iSeries Extra.  Had a little poll in it that went
> > something like:
> >
> > 1. IBM has officially announced the withdrawal of the RPG III (RPG/400)
> > compiler. How do you plan to address this in your shop:
> > No problem, we have been using ILE and RPG-IV for awhile now
> > No problem, we switched to Java
> > No problem we switched to Microsoft development tools
> > We still use RPG III and are unsure what we'll do
> >
> > I can't find this announcement anywhere on an IBM site.  Can anyone else?
> > No, this email did NOT arrive on April 1.
> >
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