From: "Robert Comer" 

If it's an old shop, (RPGIII or RPG400), it'd be an easy transition, they
are both pretty similar to and extended RPGII. (especially if you have
other programming experience, which you obviously do.)

If it's new software with ILE RPG, you might want to read up a bit on it,
it's a revolutionary change. Actually it might help you here if you have
something like C++ or Java for the newer things in it.  (Java is getting
pretty big on the 400 as well, so if you have Java experience...)

I haven't had any formal training in ILE RPG either, and I know I'm not
using a 10th of the new stuff that I could be using if I had the time to
figure out how. :(    (a lot of my job is maintaining old RPGIII or RPG400
code as well as some PC and admin stuff.)

- Bob Comer


"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
news:3e8f9cc7.994593{at}news.barkto.com...
> I had to ask 'cause I'm looking at almost anything (to keep busy for a
> while) and I've seen a couple of AS/400 RPG jobs around
> here....wondered if I would fit with RPGII experience.
>
> Doug
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:46:03 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
> >> Sounds like interesting stuff (never thought I'd say that about RPG
> >> ).
> >
> >No problem, I'd have been saying the same thing before too.
> >
> >- Bob Comer
> >
> >
> >"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
> >news:3e8e1278.10471854{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> Sounds like interesting stuff (never thought I'd say that about RPG
> >> ).
> >>
> >> Thanks Bob
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
> >> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:34:22 -0500, "Robert Comer"
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >> >> You're AS/400, right?
> >> >
> >> >Yep. iSeries now technically.
> >> >
> >> >> Is its RPG much different from RPGII (the 'old' VSE one) ?
> >> >
> >> >It's not even in the same world, that was when it was still totally
cycle
> >> >based, now we have all the goodies the other languages
have. (but we
> >still
> >> >retain the strengths of the original for reporting/data
manipulation.)
> >> >
> >> >- Bob Comer
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Doug Bryce" 
wrote in message
> >> >news:3e8cb676.25383278{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> >> You're AS/400, right?
> >> >>
> >> >> Is its RPG much different from RPGII (the 'old' VSE one) ?
> >> >>
> >> >> Doug
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 00:58:06 -0500, "Robert Comer"
> >> >>  wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >> Why would anyone want an obsolete
programming language?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Shame on you Bill, the latest RPG is just as
modern as any. (and
more
> >> >modern
> >> >> >than most.)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >- Bob Comer 
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"Bill Lucy"
 wrote in message
> >> >> >news:MPG.18f5773fa46b9cf298b4c9{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> >> >> Out of darkness, Geo. says...
> >> >> >> > "Jeff Shultz"
 wrote in message
> >> >> >> > news:3e8a6835{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > > I'll try and ship home a
ziggurat... in pieces, of course.
> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > How much do you think shipping would
be for an RPG?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Why would anyone want an obsolete
programming language?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>

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