Re: Computerworld lists obsolete job titles

Can it be because it is the only tool they have?

I use a lot of SQL embeded in RPG or REXX, but for some cases native I/O is much easier.

Alan Campin wrote:

Funny how the rest of the world does that complicated SQL without a
problem. It is only on the iSeries that we seem to think that we have to do
file I/O.Gee and we wonder why we being called obsolete.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Monnier, Gary <Gary.Monnier@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Because it is, to them, a new and exciting technology! Just think, no
more complicated SQL needed! Wow, it is almost functional programming! ☺



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Why would a Java Programmer who was weaned on SQL be doing file I/O other
than having to do maintenance? A modern programmer would be using SQL for
I/O except for screen and prints.



On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:36 AM, James H. H. Lampert <
jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

On 12/3/14 2:48 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

Tell ‘em to hire a Java programmer and train them in RPG. Introduce

them via the free-form version (latest) and then when they are

comfortable with that show them the old ugly stuff if you have to.

We have several clients who have used this approach and it works very

well.

It is particularly gratifying when you hear the Java programmers

discussing rewriting some of their Java code in RPG because “It will

be a hell of a lot simpler”.

It would be even simpler if they know about The Cycle, and how to ride

it, and especially how to take unconventional rides on it.

Secondary files and level breaks are probably more trouble than

they're worth, but getting a free ride through a primary file instead

of having to walk through it, and having a built-in event-loop for an

interactive program, are well worth learning the basics of The Cycle.

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