Re: AS/400 BASIC

Hank writes:

> I thought the question was a joke when they asked me about it. However, a
> check of licensed program products reveals that there exists a BASIC for
> the AS/400... The question was: "Is there any tools for migrating a system
> from AS/400 BASIC to RPG or COBOL?"

> I could probably rewrite the system, but it would not be a fun time. Anyone
> out there have a better idea?

BASIC exists for the AS/400, but it's not common. The fact that something
was written in BASIC/400 and is being used indicates that A) the programmer
knew neither RPG nor COBOL, or B) there was something about the project that
was much easier to do in BASIC than any other language. Neither of these
options indicates that conversion is going to be easy, and it will probably
end up being a rewrite from almost scratch.

On the other hand, I've flipped through the manuals a couple of times, and
it looks like a pretty good implementation of BASIC, with at least functional
support for the AS/400 features. Working with whatever it is as BASIC might
not be that bad.

Peter H. Coffin
phcoffin@us.ibm.com
+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com".
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---