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Why does one API have to prevail over another? They all work right now, why not just let them all live in harmony? ------------------------------------------ Booth Martin 802.476.7942 Booth@MartinVT.com http://www.MartinVT.com ------------------------------------------ midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com wrote on 01/21/2003 11:43:09 PM: > From: Booth Martin <Booth@MartinVT.com> > > I can see that as the languages mature they could all meld and become a new > > product that generates identical code, but from wildly different > development > > tools. C, C++, Java, COBOL, RPG, CL, and others, could all reside in the > > same toolbox. > > > > absolutely. But that is not the issue. All of that identical code calls O/S > specific APIs. The APIs for OS/400 are different than then APIs for *nix > or Windoze. The question is which APIs will prevail.
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