RE: RPG, 10 years from now

It will be called the i15 by then!

Rick Weber  |  TOYS 'Я' US International 


-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Kehoe [mailto:dkehoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:34 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: RPG, 10 years from now

   I disagree, IBM has put many enhancements related to RPG in the past few
   i5 releases and I think this trend will continue.  I would hazard a guess
   that in 10 years time RPG may have a very different face than it has
   today(object oriented, built in GUI / WEB interface layers, etc.) but it
   will still be RPG.  But then I also think the i5, and computing in
general
   for that matter, will be in a very different place by then too.  Just my
2
   bits.

   Michael Ryan wrote:

 I doubt if it will be enhanced any further in 10 years, but it will still
be
 around. A compiler written today will still work in 10 years.

 On 5/26/06, steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  

 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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