Re: EGL FUD

["Aaron Bartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve, I think if your exposure to RPG was better than it is, then you
wouldn't be making those comments.  I must agree that RPG, compared with
languages like Java and C#, could be considered dead.  But when you are
talking about RPG on the i5, a shop with a solid team of programmers can
make RPG sing sweetly to meet a variety of needs.  The hard part is getting
that solid team of programmers, which is maybe where you are drawing your
conclusions from?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 2:28 PM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] EGL FUD

On Dec 16, 2007 2:35 PM, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As for your "proof", your own reference proves my point...
> - "EGL is our strategic path"
> - "EGL is the next business language for the System i"
> Even if you accept the "but RPG will continue to exist and we will
> continue
> to invest in it" cover-up, Bob Cancilla tells user groups and conferences
> that RPG is dead. While there is no ~documented~ proof of this, he still
> continues to say these words. He is spreading fear amongst the i5/OS
> community, and needs to stand up himself and respond to the community, not
>
> to me. He also needs to tell you the truth, apparently.


Even if Bob C. is not saying RPG is dead, that does not make the language
any less comatose than it is. SQL procedure language is better suited for
batch processing and the server side of client/server than RPG. ( sql
procedures are portable, programmers from systems other than the i5 can code
them and sql procedure code is more readable than RPGSQL. ) RPG is the i5
language to use for system programming, green screen applications and batch
code on underpowered hardware. Hardly strategic stuff.

-Steve