[cctalk] Re: Good computer books for 1960's computers

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:47:16 -0700 


> On Sep 29, 2026, at 4:28 PM, Peter Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Ah yes, RPG.... I used to write and maintain programs on an AS/400 in RPG-III 
> and /400 back in my youth. Good memories.
> 
> I know GCC has COBOL and also FORTRAN and ADA but I don't know of an RPG 
> compiler.

Me neither.  The closest I have come to RPG is my youngest sister, who was a 
commercial contract programmer around Y2K and made quite a good living updating 
COBOL and RPG programs.  To her I owe this lovely quote: "COBOL -- the 
programming language that gives you writer's cramp".

GCC has accumulated quite a bunch of languages at this point.  C/C++ of course, 
and Objective C/C++, and Fortran.  Also Ada, COBOL, Modula-2, D, Algol-68, and 
(on a fork) VHDL.  I think that's it though I may have missed one or two.

        paul























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