Re: Is RPG dying

"I've only been following this thread sporadically, but as one who knows
enough programming languages"

ha ha ha


On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:52 PM, James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Scott Klement wrote:
. . .

I specifically stated that I meant the cycle.

. . .

I've only been following this thread sporadically, but as one who knows
enough programming languages to know that not even PL/I (which I know)
or even Object PL/I (which I've heard of) is a panacea (and C, RPG, C++,
C#, and Java don't even come close), and as one who generally tries to
use the strengths of a variety of languages, I can say from experience
that in an interactive RPG program without a primary file, The Cycle
(note capitalization!) provides a built-in event loop. Just plumb your
exit key(s) into LR.

Which is why I was Riding The Cycle long before I declared my first
primary file.

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