Re: Bob's letter on V5R4 RPG stuff

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 10:10:55 -0600
 "Aaron Bartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >What happens when XML goes away for the next flavor?
>  I'd rather have
> generic tools than specific tools which can be built
> externally from RPG
> using RPG and those generic tools.
> 
> I am sure there will be a next technology to take XML's
> place someday, but
> the good thing is that XML is being deeply ingrained into
> the big players
> which *should* guarantee a certain amount of shelf life.

Oh, I'm sure the shelf life will be great.  But I think
sometimes the popularity of a technology is confused with
the actual number using it at a given time.  PDiddy made
Courvoisier popular, but at 150 bucks a bottle, how many
people really drink it.  :)  (and it's actually the "cheap
congac" of the "good congacs").

My question is, when a "new exiting" flavor comes along, or
another new technology not necisarily replacing XML comes
along, is that also going to be implemented into RPG?

Yourself and others have proven RPG already has the
technology to work with XML, mainly with ILE.  Now, I know
there are things that would make that easier (overloading
may be one of them).  So which would you rather have?   

Even with the XML tools added, one still needs to know XML
and how it works.  It's not a magic wand.