Re: EGL and RPG - The Fastest Path to the Future

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like that whole paragraph even better:

*Cancilla:* One of the benefits of RPG is that you can use the language 
and focus on understanding a business problem. This is in sharp contrast 
to, say, Java developers or C++ developers coming out of a 
computer-science curriculum where the focus is almost purely on 
technology. They don’t know anything about business, but they sure 
understand the computer systems, they sure understand complex 
programming paradigms. On the other hand, one of the benefits of the 
System i architecture is its hidden technology, which means that the 
business-system programmers on the platform don’t necessarily have to be 
technically aware. They can focus on solving business problems.


That last sentence explains why I have always loved the IBM midrange.