Re: RPG V?

[ssc1478 <ssc1478@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hans Boldt wrote:
> > What do you think? Is there a need for RPG V? If IBM is indeed serious
> > about an RPG V, what might the rationale be?
>
>
> Maybe what IBM really want to do is add a new parameter on CVTRPGSRC
> called TGTLANG() or something, so that customers could finally convert
> off of RPG onto C++ or something like that, I don't know.  If I were
> spending my $100 in the 'what do you want for RPG?' survey, I wouldn't
> spend much more than a dollar on free form H, F, D, O specs.
> <snip>

Namespace support would be great.  I'd probably put $75 toward it.

If IBM wants to make my life easier, instead of having the RDi wizard insert
the java prototypes into my code, have a pre-compiler do all that work.  I'd
put my remaining $25 toward that.

Phil