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RPG is an abomination. It's a paradigm of the old plugboard tabulators from the 40's. No indentation. Cryptic op codes. Rigid fixed-column OP1/OP2/operation/re
by GnarfGnarf 3y ago
RPG is an abomination. It's a paradigm of the old plugboard tabulators from the 40's.
No indentation. Cryptic op codes. Rigid fixed-column OP1/OP2/operation/result. Assembler without the power.
"Repulsive Programming Garbage".
- racingmars 3y agoThe latest version of RPG in current versions of IBM i is fully freeform! It's pretty wild how much they've evolved the language while still calling it "RPG". If you're maintaining old code you'll mostly run into the fixed-column stuff, but for writing new code at least you can make it somewhat readable now.
- artificialLimbs 3y agoDo you still have to add every field in every table you use for your program to work?