Re: The Truth About EGL -- WEB400

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Bob,

This paragraph is the reason why people consider that you are saying RPG is
dead. While you may not use the words, your intent is clear.

Out here in the real world, customers are not universally asking for
migration from RPG. There are many customers who wish to leverage their
investment in RPG and their staff, and would love to see you extend RPG
beyond a green screen language.

And, btw, thanks for your offlist reply to my question from this weekend. I
appreciate your consideration, and I appreciate you speaking for IBM.

Trevor

On 12/18/07 9:24 AM, "Bob Cancilla" <bob.cancilla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Look RPG is an outstanding language and better than it has ever been at the
V5R4 level of the language and will be even better at V6R1 and beyond, but
facts are facts. It is an old language and no amount of wishing or
marketing will turn it into a popular modern language. RPG as I said before
has at least a strong 10 year life, maybe much longer. It is however on the
decline. Just look around your shop. How many young people (20's or even
30's) do you have in the shop? Who is teaching RPG? or COBOL for that
matter.

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