Re: "Webulating" RPG

[qappdsn@xxxxxxx]

IMHO, isn't writing in one language to generate another the point of a compiler?

The fact that the resulting code is interpreted or processes through a JIT
compiler is not relevant.

4 GL languages create code that is compiled, I see nothing inherently evil about
a development environment that creates code that is interpreted.  Especially if
the interpretation step is a limitation of the resulting codes implementation.
(That can change)

So long as the intermediate code is captured for study, I think it's a wonderful
learning tool.  And who knows, once we study the code some may decide that a
single RPG EVAL statement is easier, more cost effective, than coding the
equavalent JAVA statements.  Or some may get up the courage to give up the
familiar.

Regards,
James W. Kilgore
qappdsn@ibm.net

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