Re: RPG V? -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: RPG V?
From: Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:19:17 -0500
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On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Hans Boldt <hans@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bob Cozzi wrote an article on what a fully free-form RPG V language
might look like, based on rumors that IBM is working on such a thing. I
have my opinions on the subject, and I'd be curious to know what others
here might think.

I think the focus should clearly be on the pre compiler and debugger
APIs. Currently the pre compiler is not well documented. There need
to be more facilities that enable a pre compiler to store information
in the module and program objects. With a well functioning pre
compiler, 3rd party developers could extend RPG or C, they could
create entirely new languages.

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