But my point is if C is so great, then program in it. If RPG is what
works, program in it. I do VB have had some classes in C#. I can do some
programming in C# if I have to and convert samples to VB.NET to work out
problems. One has brackets one doesn't. It doesn't bother me to write a
bracket or the word end. Maybe that is my RPG coding coming out. But just
because C, C+ C++, Objective C, C#, C flat, C minor 7 or whatever
version of C uses something does not necessarily mean every language
should do it that way. RPG is not C. Never was. If you need that layout
for a piece of code to work, write it in C, make the module and bind it to
the remaining RPG or whatever the rest of your ILE modules were created
in, and build your application. We have many choices, this is not a bad
thing.
I also don't see how it offers a lower learning curve, but I started real
programming on RPG, I did some basic way back when, fooling around in high
school or at home, But my first real programming job was RPG. Not everyone
is from that background, so maybe C things make it easier for you, but not
me.
I refuse to say adding modern language items because I don't consider
RPGLE to not be modern, just a different language with different syntax.
But that's just my opinion. Sorry for the rant, But why can't RPG just be
RPG?
From:
Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date:
10/10/2013 10:00 AM
Subject:
RE: Free format H, F, D and P specs
Sent by:
rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
B,
Making RPG more like other modern languages makes me more
productive and offers me a less complex/lower learning curve
way to "keep up".
RIP RPG, its RPGLE for me.
-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:54 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: Free format H, F, D and P specs
If IBM already provides the ability to code in Java and C on the system,
why do we need to make another C type language out of RPG? Let RPG be RPG.
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