RE: RPGEL, C/L, and DDS on non AS/400 platforms

I think RPG on zSeries is basically RPG II.

At 05:25 PM 9/26/2005, you wrote:

Thanks Rob.

To answer your question, yes I would.

Albert

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
  To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
  Subject: RE: RPGEL, C/L, and DDS on non AS/400 platforms
  Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:15:24 -0500


  RPG was declared a SAA or Systems Application Architecture language
  by IBM
  and should be available on all IBM platforms. (However I believe that
  IBM
  abandoned SAA.) Shortly after declaring RPG a SAA language they came
  out
  with a version of RPG for the mainframe. I believe the entry level
  cost
  for just the compiler was $199,000. Now the true SAA level of RPG was
  missing many items, like screen files, etc. Basically enforcing that
  the
  R stood for REPORT.

  I do not know if IBM ever did say anything about CL regarding SAA. I
  don't think so.

  I do not know enough about the mainframes to decide if there would be
  any
  unique enough situation that would warrant moving from an i5 to a
  zSeries.
  Now, before you all snicker, wouldn't you like the PC people to have
  at
  least that open of a mind towards the i5 that I am expressing towards
  the
  zSeries?

  Rob Berendt
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