Re: WDT400 announce and RPG

I am in agreement with Edmund on this. 

Instead of killing RPG, do you realize that the opposite is true?  Your 
RPG skills will allow you to write programs in RPG that can run on PCs. It 
ain't elegant, but it works.  For instance, I wrote a program in RPG that 
is on my PC.  I can click the icon and open a count-down timer (like an 
egg timer and about as accurate) that is fully functional, including 
playing a melody when the time expires.  It is attractive and can be 
compiled for Windows look and feel, or for Java look and feel. 

I am not suggesting a Holy Grail has been found but it is not a death 
rattle either.


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I'm sorry but I fail to see why you are concluding that IBM is moving away
from RPG in this announcement.

RPG is still and will in all probability always remain to be THE best
language environment to write server programs on the AS/400 with.  We are
committed to enhancing it.  Surveys have shown that even those who
understand Java very well, prefer to write AS/400 server programs in RPG.
Included in this announce is a path to get even interactive RPG programs 
on
the web without changing one line of your RPG.   You now have state of the
art tools to build your RPG programs with that are bundled in just like 
SEU
& SDA.

IBM is very committed to RPG which makes perfect sense for AS/400-only
applications.  However for cross-platform and web applications, Java has
strengths over RPG and we offer you premiere tools for developing those
types of applications as well.  Whatever you want to build for the AS/400,
we want to help you and give you the tools.

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Edmund Reinhardt, AS/400 AD Tools,  reinhard@ca.ibm.com
Dept 607,   IBM Canada Lab           TL 778-4392  Phone 448-4392


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