I am excited about the recent announcement that RPG Open Access is finally here and we can actually talk about it!  The basic concept is that you now have the ability to override the processing of the various file/table op codes.  So for example, instead of doing an EXFMT to the green screen you could [...]

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In the end I think this is just a ploy to take Java off the market so IBM can take RPG to the next level – yes, now it is fairly obvious to me :-)
I must say that I have always thought about it but NEVER thought it would happen.