Re: RPG, 10 years from now

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree completely Rob. I write in RPG, CL, VB, C and Java. Probably in that
order of frequency too. And I can do anything I want in any language that
supports the feature. Of course, I don't use a language that doesn't do what
I need it to do. Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and
annoys the pig.

On 5/26/06, rob@xxxxxxxxx <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You know Michael, would you have expected all the enhancements we HAVE
> seen?  Lots of fantastic enhancements lately.  Granted, there's a few
> pundits on this list that feel that since it doesn't support this one
> obscure requirement that they have that it is a worthless utility. They're
> probably as much fun to work for as the people on this list that try to
> get me to write programs for them for free by insinuating that if I was a
> "real man"...
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> There's better ways to ask.
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> Rob Berendt
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> I doubt if it will be enhanced any further in 10 years, but it will still
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> around. A compiler written today will still work in 10 years.
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> On 5/26/06, steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > HI - This is a Friday topic. But, I was having a conversation w/ the
> > company Controller. He indicated that he was concerned regarding the
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> > term support for the RPG language. He is not an IT guy, but is very
> > industry savvy.
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> > I immediatly laughed and said no way, the support will always be there.
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> > Then he got me to thinking, what if he is right?
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> > Does anyone else share this concern?
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