Re: Are we not developers?

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stack overflow gets very little IBM i/RPG/COBOL compared to other
languages.  Most posts about them are people trying to access databases
from other platforms.

Its a great place to get info for most things, but not RPG.   Well, let me
rephrase that.. if you ask a question there are many in the knows that will
provide excellent help.  I just don't think there's enough content to
search for answers.


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On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:34 AM Bob Cagle <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I just read this summary of the 2020 Slack Overflow annual survey:
>
>
> https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/stack-overflow-developer-survey-2020-programming-language-framework-salary-data/
>
> There are no references to RPG or Cobol.
>
> There are a couple of references to DB2: it ranked second to last in least
> used database.  And if you look at the full survey, DB2 ranks #1 as the
> most dreaded database.
>
> I know we are a small community, but I'm surprised that neither RPG nor
> Cobol were referenced at all.  Could be that hardly any of us hang out on
> Slack Overflow?
>
> So does the rest of the world not consider us "real" developers because we
> aren't using what they consider "real" languages?
>
> I remember taking a class on C++ back in the mid-90s with a co-worker of
> mine.  The first day the instructor let us know that C++ was a "real"
> language, and nothing like those "sissy" languages like Basic or RPG.  My
> co-worker immediately raised his hand and let him know that we were both
> RPG programmers.  The instructor told us that we would have a hard time in
> his class then.  We both passed with perfect scores; proved him wrong.
>
> Just curious - anyone else ever experienced this type of bias?
>
> Bob Cagle
> IT Manager
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