RE: RPG, 10 years from now -- RPG400-L

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They said the same thing about COBOL 20 years ago and it's still around
today because there is still a lot of legacy software out there that uses
it.

My belief is that RPG will still be around in 10 years time, although it'll
be as different to it's current syntax as RPG IV/ILE is to RPG III.  The
fundamentals will still be the same and the compiler in 10 years time will
still support the RPG cycle and fixed format although free format will be
the style of choice.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 26 May 2006 14:06
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RPG, 10 years from now

HI - This is a Friday topic. But, I was having a conversation w/ the
company Controller. He indicated that he was concerned regarding the long
term support for the RPG language. He is not an IT guy, but is very
industry savvy.

I immediatly laughed and said no way, the support will always be there.

Then he got me to thinking, what if he is right?

Does anyone else share this concern?

Steve

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