Re: RPG - I'm not dead yet!

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah - I understand now.  You've been discussing RPG III all this time!  The rest of us have been discussing RPG IV! 

On Jul 11, 2011, at 11:41 AM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > The reason why, IMHO, RPG is a "fatal" flaw is because most RPG programmers
> > are "raised" with a "language" that doesn't support all kind of trivial
> > things, like normal dates,

Supported since the beginning of RPG IV _15_ years ago and repeatedly enhanced since then.

> > like "free format",

Available since V5R1 (i.e. 5+ years ago - at least where it matters.

> > local variables,

Available for or over 12 years (V3R2/R6).

> > long variable names

Available since hmmmm V4R2 I think - so 10 years or so.

> > (we have indicators),

And we've had named booleans/indicators since - whenever - V3R7 maybe - I don't recall.

> > only columnar format,

See comment above re free-form

> > only subroutines
> > and no any other way of abstraction, JUST subroutines (yes thanks to OS/400
> > we can call other programs as modules but again this is not a language
> > feature), etc etc.

See comment on local variables - this has not been true since V3R2/R6.

Seems to me that your knowledge of the language you are critiquing is part of the problem.  How can we have a valid discussion without that knowledge?


Jon Paris

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