Re: RPG has lost it's Mojo. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: RPG has lost it's Mojo.
From: Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:32:12 -0400
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It must be a slow day when a writer has to dredge this stuff up.

He does offer a chance to respond, however:
"I'd still love to know, though, if your professional life is in RPG. How
modern do you think it has become?"

- Dan

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Kevin Bucknum <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Well we made another list of dying languages.
http://www.informationweek.com/it-life/11-programming-languages-that-los
t-their-mojo/d/d-id/1321678?image_number=11

They even bothered to grab a half way modern code sample.

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