Jon Paris and Susan Gantner

History of RPG IV Part 6 - Looking to the Future

Jon here, back again with the sixth and final episode in this journey through the history of RPG IV. I must say I have enjoyed writing these pieces - they bought back fond memories and of course a few not-so-fond ones!Before starting into the topics…

Evolving the Language - History of RPG IV Part 5

This originally appeared as a post in our (now inactive) blog called iDevelop published on IBM Systems Media. At the end of the previous episode of this saga, I mentioned that in this blog entry I would explain why the No. 1 outstanding user…

"It's Alive!" - History of RPG IV Part 4

This originally appeared as a post in our (now inactive) blog called iDevelop published on IBM Systems Media.In the last thrilling (?) installment we left you with the cliffhanger that "there was still one more skirmish to be fought in the…

Your Baby Is Ugly - History of RPG IV Part 3

This originally appeared as a post in our (now inactive) blog called iDevelop published on IBM Systems Media.In the last part of the story I mentioned that we had started to go "open Kimono" on the design of RPG IV and that this subsequently…

From Skunkworks to Project - History of RPG IV Part 2

We left the first part of Jon's saga “The Birth of a New RPG” with the realization that perhaps the SAA RPG compiler that had been developed for OS/2 and mainframes could become the foundation for a new ILE compiler for the (then) AS/400. The story…

The Birth of a New RPG - History of RPG IV Part 1

This originally appeared as a post in our (now inactive) blog called iDevelop published on IBM Systems Media.As we noted in a recent blog post, RPG IV will be 21 years old this fall. In thinking about how we could celebrate this auspicious event…