Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG -- RPG400-L

Subject: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG
From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
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Alan Campin wrote:
Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG.
Cannot get programmers.
Almost impossible to find programmers willing to write modern code.

I'm always saddened to hear about companies migrating applications from IBM i to Windows, and I'd like to understand the rationale as much as anyone, but each of your points come across as untenable. I understand that there are other platform and language choice besides RPG, but can you elaborate why it would be impossible to even think about it? Surely it can't due to a lack of programmers willing and able to create modern code!

-Nathan

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Re: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG , Alan Campin
Re: Impossible to even think about rewriting in RPG , John Yeung

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