Re: New to RPG

The problem is the OP hasent mention that but javascript is maybe the most
common language in the world and most running IBM I also uses javascript
in their development - so it is the nearest we come.

Python however, how many IBM I shops use that? 50? 100?

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 6:21 PM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I love talking about various languages, but all this talk about
JavaScript has definitely drifted off-topic. It was mentioned very
briefly as an example to contrast with RPG, and even then I thought
the usefulness of bringing it up was dubious. Since then this branch
of the thread has gone even further off course.

(I realize this may sound disingenuous and hypocritical to some, who
feel I shoehorn Python into every conversation. But on the RPG list, I
sincerely try to either talk about how Python compares to RPG, or how
Python can be used as a complement or alternative when the task at
hand is ill-suited to RPG alone. We're not doing that with JavaScript
in this conversation. Now, if OP had said "The language I'm most
familiar with is JavaScript, and now I'm trying to learn RPG" then
things might be different, though the content in some of these posts
still wouldn't really help with that.)

John Y.
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