Jon Paris is a Canadian

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, author, and speaker recognized as one of the top experts on the

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platform. In 1987, Jon, then an experienced consultant, was hired by IBM to develop

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compilers for the System/36 and System/38 minicomputers. From there, he transitioned into the

RPG RPG may refer to: Military * Rocket-propelled grenade, a shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon **''Ruchnoi Protivotankoviy Granatomyot'' (Russian: ''Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт''), hand-held anti-tank grenade laun ...

group, where he played a pivotal role in the development of the modern RPG language as well as other language and development tools, including CODE/400 and Visual Age for RPG. He has also been instrumental in the porting of Python, Ruby, and other languages to the IBM i platform, as well as being a leader in pushing the adoption of completely free RPG. He is also an advocate for PHP on i.

Personal life

Paris is married to Susan Gantner.

Awards

In 2011, Paris was named Power Systems Champion.

References

External links

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