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On Feb 26, 2010, at 11:26 AM, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Let's perform a thought experiment. I have an ERP package that runs
my
business. It runs on IBM i. IBM _does_ open source i5/OS, the RPG
compiler, etc. My 19 year old niece _does_ hack some new code into
them and releases the changes into the wild.
I agree with your sentiment Buck. But I don't think there's any danger
of your niece (or anyone else much) _wanting_ to hack the OS. So much
of it is written in PL/MI. It is proprietary - never released publicly
by IBM - and not likely to be since that would open up the other PL/x
derivatives which are not even owned by Rochester. Trust me, very few
C# or Java fans like Steve will _ever_ want to work in PL/MI. It has
some nice features but is not an easy language to get into.
The RPG compiler on the other hand is written in C - now that we could
work with. Well not me personally - I hate C - but someone would enjoy
playing I'm sure.
Is this the 33rd or 34th time this list has hosted this discussion
<grin>
Jon Paris
www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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