Re: Future of RPG was: Open Access for RPG Syntax

These days, it is necessary to know a number of languages - every site is multi-platform, at least having a MS and an ISeries

That is a lie. (based on ignorance I am hoping). John, do you really
believe that?

To grasp the bigger picture, we also need to be familiar with OO and UML, and preferably have knowledge specific to a particular industry.

Never hurts to have OO and UML experience, but it is not in the "need"
category. RPG and it's modularity combined with library lists is so
much simpler than what other programming stacks have come up with.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/



On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:45 AM, John McKay <jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I believe this discussion is now too narrow.

These days, it is necessary to know a number of languages - every site is
multi-platform, at least having a MS and an ISeries.  We need to have
development skills in RPG (all its flavours), VBA, VB, XL, AJAX as standard.

To grasp the bigger picture, we also need to be familiar with OO and UML,
and preferably have knowledge specific to a particular industry.

Softwarre is much bigger now, and RPG / COBOL / ISeries are relatively
smaller parts of this expanding universe.

Regards,
John McKay   mba
www.rpglanguage.com
www.mckaysoftware.ie