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On 26-Jun-09, at 2:54 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
This is, after all, similar to the reason why there is so much COBOL
code
around - because it works well and there's no real benefit to
changing to
code in a different language (yes, I know that RPGIII and RPGIV are
very
similar languages with code conversion utilities). COBOL is, after
all,
significantly older than RPG.
Actually I think this is a false hypotheses.
"COBOL" has been around longer than "RPG". But just as there are
flavors of RPG so there are with COBOL. The equivalent of RPG II in
COBOL terms would be ANSI '68. RPG III would be ANSI '74 (I think) and
RPG IV would be ANSI '85. Are there a lot of COBOL programs around?
Yes. Are there many COBOL '68 around - none that I've seen in many
years. Are there COBOL '75 programs around? A few - but most that
I've seen have been updated with '85 features. When you consider the
changes between ANSI '74 and '85 I would argue that there were fewer
reason to change from '74 to '85 than there were for RPG III to RPG IV.
Jon Paris
www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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