Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

[Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>]

Randy McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> "Charles Richmond" <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message
> 3EF52B0B.9DE0B897@ev1.net">news:3EF52B0B.9DE0B897@ev1.net...
> > Charles Richmond wrote:
> > >
> > > Kurt Koller wrote:
> > > >
> > > > not to throw more water on this out of control 
> > > > grease fire, but you'd have a hard time making 
> > > > "PONG" in RPG but RPG is still a programming
> > > > language.
> > > >
> > > Perhaps so, but I have a "Star Trek" game written in COBOL...
> > > and no, I did *not* write it...
> > >
> > Besides, RPG *is* a programming language, but it is a poor
> > excuse for a programming language IMHO. It is *not* a procedural
> > programming language. Most folks now think that RPG means
> > "role playing game"...or "rocket propelled grenade".
> >
> 
> It is easy to throw rocks at languages we don't like.
>
I do *not* consider what I said above as "throwing rocks". I
am just recognizing the limitations of RPG. From what little
contact I have had with RPG, *no*, I don't like the language.
But I know that it once had a niche in computerdom on some
of the older IBM mini's....

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