RE: RPG is Dead? Say it aint so!

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Thanks,
Tommy Holden


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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:22 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: RPG is Dead? Say it aint so!

On 6/21/07, Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Please, say it aint so!

It ain't so. Not according to George Farr - who as the IBMer in

charge of

that whole arena should probably know!

George was here at the Tech Conference this week and talked openly

about the

work going on to determine what the next version of RPG would look

like.

Things like complete free-form etc. were openly discussed. If I

recall

correctly, iSeries News published a piece recently by George on the

future

of RPG. Jim Herring from Rochester has also reaffirmed the commitment

to

RPG in recent months.

There is one particular idiot (sorry I mean IBMer) who _is_ going

round

making statements such as this pertaining to both RPG and COBOL. I

would

not call him "senior" and I do not believe he is representing any

official

IBM position. Just promoting his own pet product as the future

direction.

i5 sales have dropped by more than 10% the last 6 quarters that Farr
and Herring have been in charge. I vote that the idiot be given a
chance to run things.

-Steve