Re: What do you call the new freeform RPG?

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Conte had an RPG III pre-compiler that used a form of free format - can't recall if it went beyond calcs. Came out during the run up to the announcement of RPG IV.


On 2014-04-21, at 8:13 AM, "Briggs, Trevor (TBriggs2)" <TBriggs2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Furthermore, didn't someone come out with a pre-compiler called RPG FREE
> before RPG became officially free format?
>
> Trevor Briggs
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> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Scott Klement
> <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I also never use the phrase "RPG free".  [...]
> > The phrase "RPG free" sounds too much like
> > "RPG III" and since "RPG free" is not an official name,
> > you always have to ask for clarification of what it means.
>
> In addition to that, in this day and age of open source and free
> software, "RPG free" sounds like it could either be a watered-down
> no-additional-cost version of RPG from IBM/Rational, or a third-party
> free reimplementation of RPG (potentially for platforms other than the
> i).
>
> John
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