Re: Being on a placement myself...
Ah RPG
I remember it well, if not fondly.
One place I worked, they had written their payroll in RPG.
The RPG compiler was 'free' and they would have had to pay extra for COBOL or FORTRAN (end of list, BTW), so RPG it was.
Shudder
A fine example of the principle "to a man with a hammer in his hand, all problems are nails"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
