Re: Is RPG 'DEAD"

*** NOTE: Even though I suspect Steve is just trolling here, against my
better judgment, I'm going to reply.

Steve Richter wrote:

COBOL has been dead for years. Nobody told the COBOL programmers though.

COBOL is inferior to RPG because you cant modularize your code with parameters on a perform statement.

So? Totally irrelevant to the statement. COBOL is still around even
though it was declared dead years ago.

RPG is inferior to Java and C# because of memory leaks,

Memory leaks? What memory leaks? I don't know how to create a RPG program with a memory leak. I figure someone like Joe P or Elvis B could, but I suspect they would have to work at it.

Unless you're advocating FOR memory leaks ... because it's a lot easier
to create a memory leak in Java (and, I suspect, C#). I've always found that memory leaks are BAD, not good.

no try ... catch .... finally blocks,

MONITOR

no property setters and getters, no delegates, no data struct member
functions, no virtual functions, ....

RPG isn't an object oriented language. It isn't trying to be one.

RPG is OK, but C# and Java are more feature rich.

You're comparing apples to oranges ... RPG is an absolutely GREAT
language for it's intended purpose: Business logic programming. I wouldn't really want to program an ERP system in Java (can't speak to C#, but I suspect it's similar enough). On a similar vein, I would hesitate to build a GUI in RPG.

david