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My dad was an RPG programmer until he got into web in 97. Always interesting to hear him talk about it.
by dham 5y ago
My dad was an RPG programmer until he got into web in 97. Always interesting to hear him talk about it.
- jleyank 5y agoI took a language survey course "back then". RPG was the only language that struck me as "lets see how goofy we can make things without them complaining." Although, I never programmed in APL, which also fits into this category: specialized type ball for symbols, and I think a differentiation between over- and under-strike. But it's also the only language that I saw a plotting program drawn in two lines: #1 plots, #2 function. And the lines weren't even that long... Maybe RPG was invented to make COBOL look great?