Re: EGL FUD

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

The problem is not that RPG has advanced, but that no one KNOWS it has. Most
people outside our industry think RPG is old and dead. Now, we have IBM
telling us that EGL will replace RPG, and so the future of RPG is assured.

This is the second promise you have made about leaving for sledding. Will
there be more?

Trevor


On 12/16/07 3:58 PM, "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: Aaron Bartell
> >
> > I must agree that RPG, compared with
> > languages like Java and C#, could be considered dead.
>
> Why would you say that, Aaron?  Look at the advancements in RPG vs. Java
> over the past ten years.  The syntax advancements in the language to support
> ILE and free-format absolutely dwarf the changes made to the basic Java
> language.  Hell, it took Java this long just to get generics!
>
> Sure, the Java PLATFORM (the whole J2EE thing) might have had more work, but
> that's because it needed it!  And from what I can tell, isn't C# just
> another dotted and bracketed language?  Sure, the whole .NET CLR thing is a
> pretty major advancement for Microsoft, but it barely brings Windows into
> competition with ILE.  And C# itself isn't exactly a revolutionary language.
>
> Yeah, more people are on the Windows bandwagon, but there are a few more
> Windows machines out there!  But I challenge you to find any language that
> has advanced as much as the IBM compiler team has advanced the RPG language.
>
> Anyway, this starts to wander off into language wars, so I don't want to
> cause trouble, and I'm still waiting to go sledding, so I think I better get
> off the list.
>
> Joe