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I honestly appreciate the expression of your personal experiences. And I may share some of your experiences as well. As I said in the article above, I'm not taking shots at the promoters of other programming languages or techniques, though I am getting a bit tired of hearing that RPG is dead! (What was W.C. Fields' comment about "Rumors of my death..."? But the question is not "What is wrong with RPG?" and its practitioners nor "How do we get our businesses out of RPG?" The question here, in this newsletter, is "What's RIGHT with RPG!" and "How can we use it more efficiently?" Or, perhaps better asked: "Do I need a rocket ship to shop at the 7-11 when my Cadillac gets me there efficiently and comfortably?" And the answer is "Nothing! But did you know that you could do it faster and more efficiently when you...." Of course no one has ever said that we'll achieve inter-galactic space travel in any of current four-wheeled vehicles (Not the Java-mobile, nor the C#-mobile!) But once we get to Planet X -- by whatever means -- wouldn't it be nice to tool around and explore in a great vehicle like a Cadillac? And in the meantime, ain't it great to have such a large trunk, adequate horse-power, good gas-mileage, air conditioning and integrated GPS as we're pressing cross-country down the highway? RPG on the System i is like that Cadillac, but what's missing too often these days are "licensed drivers" who know MORE than the basic rules of the road. What we're aiming to do with this newsletter is to bring the combined skills of the best instructors to your door. (Don't worry! We'll not be conducting driver's tests anytime soon!) In a sense, our mission is to let them run you through the race course at Sears Point. (Fasten your seat belts, but don't worry about the crash helmet!) So who are these "expert race drivers?" Well, honestly, Mario Andretti is retired now, making wine down the street where I live in the Napa Valley! (But anyway he told me he gave up his career writing coding subfiles long before he took up racing. And he does still maintain a small fleet of Cadillacs for the wine auctions!) Should I reveal their identities now, these RPG Experts? Though I'm aching to tell you (honestly), I would not be doing them justice to merely drop their names here. I want to take the time to really introduce them to you next time around in the New RPG Developer. Whatever you RPG skill-levels may be, I'll wager that you'll end up learning something useful in your day-to-day. And in the process, feel free to ask questions or raise concerns. So JavaBoy, thanks for your comments. I know you have a long history of working in RPG too, and I always sincerely appreciate your comments. I hope you stay-tuned and continue to offer your valuable insights. In fact, I'd like to read more of them, so keep them coming. Best, Tom
** This thread discusses the article: The New RPG Developer **
I honestly appreciate the expression of your personal experiences. And I may share some of your experiences as well. As I said in the article above, I'm not taking shots at the promoters of other programming languages or techniques, though I am getting a bit tired of hearing that RPG is dead! (What was W.C. Fields' comment about "Rumors of my death..."? But the question is not "What is wrong with RPG?" and its practitioners nor "How do we get our businesses out of RPG?" The question here, in this newsletter, is "What's RIGHT with RPG!" and "How can we use it more efficiently?" Or, perhaps better asked: "Do I need a rocket ship to shop at the 7-11 when my Cadillac gets me there efficiently and comfortably?" And the answer is "Nothing! But did you know that you could do it faster and more efficiently when you...." Of course no one has ever said that we'll achieve inter-galactic space travel in any of current four-wheeled vehicles (Not the Java-mobile, nor the C#-mobile!) But once we get to Planet X -- by whatever means -- wouldn't it be nice to tool around and explore in a great vehicle like a Cadillac? And in the meantime, ain't it great to have such a large trunk, adequate horse-power, good gas-mileage, air conditioning and integrated GPS as we're pressing cross-country down the highway? RPG on the System i is like that Cadillac, but what's missing too often these days are "licensed drivers" who know MORE than the basic rules of the road. What we're aiming to do with this newsletter is to bring the combined skills of the best instructors to your door. (Don't worry! We'll not be conducting driver's tests anytime soon!) In a sense, our mission is to let them run you through the race course at Sears Point. (Fasten your seat belts, but don't worry about the crash helmet!) So who are these "expert race drivers?" Well, honestly, Mario Andretti is retired now, making wine down the street where I live in the Napa Valley! (But anyway he told me he gave up his career writing coding subfiles long before he took up racing. And he does still maintain a small fleet of Cadillacs for the wine auctions!) Should I reveal their identities now, these RPG Experts? Though I'm aching to tell you (honestly), I would not be doing them justice to merely drop their names here. I want to take the time to really introduce them to you next time around in the New RPG Developer. Whatever you RPG skill-levels may be, I'll wager that you'll end up learning something useful in your day-to-day. And in the process, feel free to ask questions or raise concerns. So JavaBoy, thanks for your comments. I know you have a long history of working in RPG too, and I always sincerely appreciate your comments. I hope you stay-tuned and continue to offer your valuable insights. In fact, I'd like to read more of them, so keep them coming. Best, Tom
Because you know you hear the same thing from any platform group you go to. I'm sure you didn't get far on Windows with it, and Unix Perl programmers laughed in your face, and PHP programmers said Java SUXORS or whatever it is they say, and Linux C programmers said you're not open enough, so what, that leaves the iseries with the IBM Java Daddy to run it by? How many billions did IBM spend on Java with their San Francisco Java fiasco? I've posted so many multi-hundred million dollar Java J2EE failures it got tiresome. I think it's a great cross platform client platform now though. rd
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