Re: Time to get serious

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Pluta wrote:
> In my mind, a programmer that doesn't know about RPG is by definition
> not particularly well rounded -- they in fact have a significant hole in
> their knowledge of programming. 

I think that would probably account for the majority of people who have 
recently completed formal programming training.

I just checked the current course catalog for two of the area community 
colleges (Harper and Prairie State, two that I've attended) and couldn't 
find a single reference to RPG *OR* COBOL programming classes in their 
normal AAS program.  Java, C++, and VB were all prominent though. 
(Caveat: I didn't actually look at every course, but their search system 
seemed fairly good.)  College of Dupage seems to have a single RPG 
programming class (Emphasis on understanding RPG control cycle logic) 
and a few COBOL classes.

Obviously my research is nowhere near exhaustive ... but I suspect you 
will find that "RPG" is listed in the DP101-Intro to Data Processing 
class in the "Computer History" category.

Of course, I could be wrong :)

david