Re: programming language genealogy -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: programming language genealogy
From: Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 13:26:11 -0400
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rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Then again, maybe lobbying for the change would be a bad idea. Among us, we probably couldn't agree. Is RPGIV a straight line, or a hybrid between RPGIII and (C or your comparative language here).

RPG IV would clearly be a single straight line from RPG III. Other language concepts had some influence, but the concepts are general enough that you wouldn't be able to identify any particularly influential predecessor languages.

Oh well, anyone got any real RPG issues?

Rob Berendt

Isn't that a "real" issue? ;-)

Cheers! Hans

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