Hallelujah!

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon Apr 5 14:06:50 1999

Os/400 is the operating system made for the AS/400 which is newer than the System/3x
machines. COBOL and FORTRAN should be older than that. RPG/400 is fairly easy once
you get used to it. Not sure about Visual RPG/400 though, just getting into that at
work.

Derek Peschel wrote:

> Peter Joules wrote:
> > Derek Peschel wrote:
>
> > > (Other old computer languages still in use are FORTRAN and COBOL, but I don't
> > > think the reasons for using them are so good.)
>
> > I used to think that COBOL was old hat unitl I actually had to use it
> > for a project during my degree. I was very impressed with its simmple
> > syntax and easy data handling, but I haven't come across a better
> > database handling language than another one which I had to use at
> > University - RPG, it is just a pity that OS/400 is so cryptic ;-)
>
> I was going to mention RPG in my original post but I changed my mind. I
> don't think it's quite as old as COBOL and FORTRAN.
>
> Some of IBM's development environments are called "VisualAge". There is a
> VisualAge Smalltalk and a VisualAge Java (written in VisualAge Smalltalk :)).
> Well, there's also a VisualAge RPG. I find that quite ironic considering
> the utter opacity of RPG.
>
> As for OS/400, all you have to do is use the ELMCRPF command... Eliminate
> Cryptic Features. What? You can't find it? Well, I don't have any other
> suggestions then. :)
>
> -- Derek
Received on Mon Apr 05 1999 - 14:06:50 BST