RE: RPG, 10 years from now

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

I was told the same back in '80 by the Chair of the CompSci dept at 
Clemson...needless to say I didn't think much of him then and less now.

Don in DC


At 09:19 AM 5/26/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> 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
>
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