RE: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG

The last decade+ had had its pluses and minuses in this regard for me. It
wasn't planned, but I've been in shops that were primarily (99%) RPG II!
Whatever I do (all new stuff is ILE RPG) seems like brain surgery here (and
I'm no brain surgeon).

I've also been fortunate, it seems, by working for small companies and being
the lone IBM i programmer in those shops. Which means I rarely have to ask
permission (only when I want to spend money). And the companies have all
been dedicated "AS/400" shops; that is, no desire to switch to Windows or
Linux (even resistance to do so). We have several outlets that all use
Windows-based store systems, but that stuff gets pushed to the AS/400.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Alan Campin
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 2:00 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG

Same boat. The only thing that is left these days is maintaining dead RPG
code or short term contract.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM, <paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In the mean time I am trying to find full-time employment as a modern day
modern RPG programmer in Baton Rouge or New Orleans and there are

virtually

no ADVERTISED positions. I can become a CICS programmer. CICS! Can you
believe it?
Hello, if there are people on this list that have or no of positions
available please contact me!


Paul Therrien
Andeco Software, LLC
932 Saint Johns Dr
Maryville, TN 37801
225-229-2491
paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.andecosoftware.com

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Alan Campin
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 12:52 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG

We have 6 other RPG programmers (We had 7 but different division got rid

of

AS/400 and laid him off). Of that number 1 is willing to write some modern
code. All the other absolutely refuse. RPG monolith or nothing. How many
programmers do you think that we could find that would be willing to use
procedures, modules, service programs and SQL? We have a business local
that
is looking for somebody like that for a year (Contact to hire. Really
Contract to Term) and can't find anybody. We have another business local
that is looking for RPG monolith for a year and cannot find anybody but
like
I have said in the past. Strange market. Virtually no jobs.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Alan Campin wrote:
Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG.
Cannot get programmers.
Almost impossible to find programmers willing to write modern code.

I'm always saddened to hear about companies migrating applications from

IBM

i to Windows, and I'd like to understand the rationale as much as

anyone,

but each of your points come across as untenable. I understand that

there

are other platform and language choice besides RPG, but can you

elaborate

why it would be impossible to even think about it? Surely it can't due

to

a

lack of programmers willing and able to create modern code!

-Nathan
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