Re: What is the RPG cycle? (was: New to RPG) -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: What is the RPG cycle? (was: New to RPG)
From: Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:07:20 -0700
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"Specialization is for insects" (some character in a Robert Heinlein story)

On 4/27/2017 2:45 PM, James H. H. Lampert wrote:

And my own point of view is that of one who spent five years at CSU Long Beach, learning at least a little about every language they offered, from COBOL to LISP, ignoring only BASIC (having spent two years of high school learning IBM VS-BASIC and IBM FORTRAN G1, and having a TRS-80 Model I at home), who cherishes diversity, and who regards overspecialization as something to be avoided at all cost.

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