Thanks for the statistics- I'd say we're one of the shops that would fall
into the category of using RPG a lot!
I've come across your 'RPG-ZOS' page in the past. (one of the few relevant
hits you get when you google 'rpg vse')
We've never had an issue with using a 3270 emulator running BimEdit to code
in RPG. You can map the keyboard to do all kinds of things.
I am interested in hearing about rpg-cobol conversion tools.
Thanks
Bill
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On Friday 29 May 2009 16:12, Bill Washburn wrote:
> Does anyone have a reasonably good idea of
I'm not sure my opinion is "reasonable"
> a) how many active VSE shops there are worldwide?
thousands, but probably fewer now than there were last year
> b) how many VSE shops have any RPGII code in production?
based on my experience, something like 10%, but I don't really know.
I was involved in over 100 VSE-to-MVS conversions and my recollection is
that
only a few customers (perhaps 10%) used RPG. Some of them used RPG a lot !
I learned RPG in 1969 and wrote RPG programs until 1974. RPG was designed
for
punch-cards, and like DYL260, requires programmers to write code in
specific
columns. Not really convenient when programmers use 3270-type terminals
instead of card-punch machines. I think there is half-a-dozen RPG-to-COBOL
conversion tools Iin case you're interested).
http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/RPG-ZOS.shtml
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