Re: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what? -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Should the "RPG" language be renamed and to what?
From: Dennis <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:23:36 -0400
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Surely, when you spell it out as "Report Program Generator" it does
not only give you a false perception of all the great things you can do
with it (and definitely not hint at all the wonderfully advanced

Yes. This is as opposed to the more modern language names like Java and Rails and Eclipse and of course the tried and true C, whose names tell you exactly what they do. Ummm... Wait a minute... ;)

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