Re: Java and RPG comparison

I agree that portability is a big plus.  I have experienced this first hand on
my current project.  We have written java applications that process messages 
from
MQSeries queues as they are generated and update target relational database 
systems.
We wrote a common architecture in java that runs on Sun Solaris, AS/400 and 
Windows NT.
JDBC is used to call stored procedures with in the target DB environment.  We 
were able to develop
and test these applications on Windows NT and deployed to the target platforms 
without
changing a line of code.  I am confident that if another platform is 
introduced, we would be 
able to deploy this same architecture very easily.

I understand that SQL is not as efficient as RPG database access, but if 
you are in a multi-platform environment the portability of Java is huge.



Alan A. Heitkamp
H.B. Fuller Company
(651) 236-4072
Al.Heitkamp@hbfuller.com


>>> Nick.Vrtis@alticor.com 02/14/01 07:51AM >>>

Java can run in a browser, it can be run and tested on a PC, it can run as
a servlet, it can run on 95, 98, NT, Unix, 390, etc...

It can't run as fast as RPG (though it is getting better... and I'm old
enough to remember hearing the same arguement about COBOL and Assembler).
RPG is better known by folks in the AS/400 community.

Nick




"Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@taylorcorp.com>@midrange.com on
02/13/2001 06:20:28 PM

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I am doing a comparison of Java and RPG.  What can Java do that RPG can't
and vice versa?  Or if you have programmed in both for a decent amount of
time what do you like more about one language vs. the other?

Aaron Bartell
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