Re: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what?

i/PG perhaps or RPG# or i-Language or i-BOL :-)

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date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:52:22 +0000
from: ?ke Olsson <ake.olsson@xxxxxx>
subject: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what?

There have been discussions from time to time as to whether the RPG
programming language should be renamed to something slightly more in tune
with time or not.

Surely, when you spell it out as "Report Program Generator" it does not
only give you a false perception of all the great things you can do with it
(and definitely not hint at all the wonderfully advanced features we now
have) but also bring up images of quaint rulers needed to interpret
compiler printouts, dusty coding sheet pads and maybe even the odd punched
card.

I have sometimes have youngsters show a slight interest in my work at
first, but when they find out that it is not any sort of games programming
that I do they shy away.

Here we also happen to haven an organization called "RPG" which is a social
club for elderly retired people. Not hip at all.

So: Should the name be changed or should't it? And to what?

Hint to IBM:ers - A contest could be in place here!



Med v?nlig h?lsning / Best regards

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