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Must be why my boss back then canceled future program development in Cobol
and said, "Go with the modern RPG II language."

Jerry C. Adams
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-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:34 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Is RPG dying


On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:04 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Going against the grain here, RPG is dying, though very, very slowly.
Much like COBOL has been dying for what 10+ years now?

I saw the first press reports of COBOL's imminent death in about 1974.
Seriously - no joke.


Jon Paris

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