Re: why rpg and not cobol -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: why rpg and not cobol
From: Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:13:54 +0200
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2013/4/10 <Dirk.Marien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Choosing between them is like choosing between Outlook and Notes:
they have a slightly different way of 'processing', but basically, they do
the same thing, they have the same objective.

But on the i, I suspect that the overwhelming majority choose RPG. Why? Why
is COBOL the choice for mainframes?

Follow-Ups:

Re: why rpg and not cobol , James H. H. Lampert
Re: why rpg and not cobol , John Yeung

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