RE: Is RPG dying

I first started my career in 1974 on COBOL mainframe, and even THEN they were saying COBOL was dying.
Then in 1998 I was introduced to RPG III and RPG ILE, and was told that this, RPG, was dying.
What was that quote from Mark Twain
"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!"
Just look at what is available with 7.1 - which I hope to go to very soon

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Is RPG dying

Going against the grain here, RPG is dying, though very, very slowly. Much like COBOL has been dying for what 10+ years now? How is that going? There is so much code out there with millions (maybe billions) of dollars of investment that I highly doubt that IBM will drop any support for it any time soon. Just look at 7.1 enhancements for RPG; there are still pleanty enhancements in there. Heck, they just started to give away RPG Open Access. When you stop seeing enhancements in OS releases, then it is time to start worrying.

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Chamara Withanachchi
<chamaraw@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

I'm kind of confused don't know what's the truth

Chamara
On Feb 16, 2012 10:21 PM, "Monnier, Gary" <Gary.Monnier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Are you sure it isn't just a rumor being spread by those that are

invested

heavily in other languages?

Gary Monnier


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On Behalf Of Chamara Withanachchi
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:43 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System, i
Subject: Is RPG dying

Hi,

There is some talks going on in Sri Lanka among some developers they
say RPG is dying and IBM is no longer invsting on it.

But I know that is not the case, sad thing is Sri Lankan IBM also
saying rpg is dying and their support is 0 on RPG. Infact they do
nothing for us who is in this arena (no events no seminars nothing)

May b this is being discussed in this list but I like to get some
more details on the subject especially I like to hear some thing on
this from Barbara Morris, Scott, Aaron Bartell, John and Susan or
any one who knows about this.

Thanks

Chamara withanachchi
IBM certified RPG specialist
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