RE: RPG, 10 years from now

LONG LIVE RPG!!!!!!!!!

I'm still waiting to see COBOL die...I've been listening to the folks
repeating ringing it's Death Bell...(it ain't happening for a LOOOONG
time if ever...just like RPG)

It's hard to kill something that is used daily as THE primary language
in business applications.  Why???  Businesses refuse to pay major
amounts or money to replace programs with "newer" languages that produce
the exact same output...can't say I blame them.... 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rex Capio
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:45 AM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: RPG, 10 years from now 

We should preserve this discussion so that when IT people of the next
century(ies) discuss this topic, they will refer to this discussion.
        "Look, they were already discussing this century(ies) ago, and
it's
still kicking...."

;)


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:20 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: RPG, 10 years from now 

In 1982, when I was in college learning RPG, I was told then (by the 
COBOL'rs) that RPG was a dead end language and there was no future in 
pursuing anything related to RPG....

Heck RPGII is still around. It was greatly discussed on this very forum 
this past month. 

RPG isn't going anywhere.

Ask your boss about DBASE, FOXPRO, ACCESS 2.0/95/97/2000/2003 etc. Those

products have great long term support -as long as you don't mind 
re-writing/fixing/debugging the code after every upgrade ;)

Happy Friday!

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
gkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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