Re: Visual Age for RPG

John,

In a message dated 97-06-24 09:23:33 EDT, you write:

> What if you (being a RPG programmer) could generate Java byte code using
>  VA-RPG?  I think that might be a Real Strong possibility in the near 
>  future!   Comming to a CPU near you.
>  
>  We (RPG programmers) may get out of having to learning "C" yet. 
>  Imagine coding SETLL, DOUEQ, LEAVE (ha ha) ...   AND  ... 
>  generate real JAVA byte code besides? 
>  
>  How would the rest of you who are reading this like to see that?

All well and good, but a crutch is still a crutch.  Heck, I hear all the time
about programmers / contractors that STILL refuse to write anything that
doesn't run in the S/36 environment on the /400!  As much good stuff as I've
heard about the VA products, I'd still like to see them run cross-platform
before recommending them to the public at large.  If VA is indeed IBM's
future direction, why not provide ALL of the products free of charge as part
of ADT?  Furthermore, if IBM wants to promote software development for the
AS/400, why not provide ALL compilers free of charge?  In the latter
instance, the winners would emerge and the losers would diverge.  Companies
that want to simplify their EDP audits could simply not install ANY
compilers...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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