RE: CODE/400-like functionality on Linux (was: When will CODE be ECLIPSED?)

Simon, while I do have an alternative to CODE/400 I am more of an
advocate of the "Kill SEU" campaign than I am an anti CODE/400. In fact,
Code/400 is getting to be good enough. But...

Your points are well taken. I think, however the problem is two fold.
(1) It is difficult at best to write a non-breaking application for
Windows. If you code works, chances are certain components of Windows
aren't working as documented so you code will cause a Windows crash or
Access Violation. And (2) Most people do not know how to write a good
install program for Windows.

And the second point is actually more common than you think. Many
applications try to install over existing Windows components in order to
put their version of that component onto your system. Most of these
install programs do not check the version number or release date of the
existing component and hence often overlay a newer component with their
older one. Why? Because at the time they wrote their installation
program, their version of the component was the newest one out there so
rather install only an older version, they just copy it blindly.

Now this may or may not be an issue with CODE/400 installation, but it
certainly is an issue with many other applications. Therefore, CODE/400
or my own CodeStudio would be affected by another application's install
program. :(
In the old days, we AS/400 programmers would often add a second hard
drive to our PCs. In doing that, we felt that we could off load some of
the applications that were going to be installed. But then came
Microsoft's pompous attitude that they owned your C: drive. Their
applications do not let you install _all_ parts of them onto, say, the
D: drive. You can install components onto a secondary drive, but there
are things that they just have to put onto your C: drive. Why? Because
Windows is not an operating system. It is a very pretty user interface
with operating system-like features underneath it. Whereas the AS/400 is
an operating system without a user interface. ;(   ...But that's another
rant!



Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
Download CodeStudio free at http://www.rpgiv.com/codestudio

> -----Original Message-----
> From: code400-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:code400-l-admin@midrange.com] On
> Behalf Of Simon COulter
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:04 PM
> To: code400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: CODE/400-like functionality on Linux (was: When will CODE
be
> ECLIPSED?)
>
> M
> Hello Phil,
>
> You wrote:
> > Out of curiousity ... is there much interest for CODE-like
> > functionality running on a Linux client?
>
> Yes, but only because you won't give me an OS/2 version!  I refuse to
use
> CODE because you force me to use windows and I've not got the patience
to
> suffer that rubbish.
>
> The original OS/2 version of CODE was quite good for its time but then
you
> moved it to windows and it became junk.  I've installed it many times
and
> I've taught classes with it.  All I see are problems -- it doesn't
install
> reliably, it doesn't connect reliably, bits of don't work (or work
today but
> not tomorrow).  Some things work in the CPO but not from the editor.
I see
> evidence on this list that many (most) others experience the same
issues.
>
> CODE is very productive IF you get a good installation but the days of
lost
> productivity in getting to that stage defeats me.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
>
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