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On 5/9/2016 2:36 PM, John Yeung wrote:
*users*, never mind so few developers and contributors. What is
surprising about all the threads talking about the same Java problems
over and over again is that Java *is* heavily used on the i, by at
least a couple orders of magnitude more than Python on the i. In
particular, POI and Scott's wrappers are very popular in the i
community. Most of the i community doesn't even know what Python is.

Scott wrote several articles in trade magazines (remember those?) and
that triggered the interest. Java is supplied by IBM, and plenty of
people put great store in that. That large audience attracted quite a
few people to the idea of RPG + Java + POI/HSSF. Having completely
worked examples tends to instill confidence in a person.

The iSeries Python web site
http://www.iseriespython.com/app/ispMain.py/Start?job=Home hasn't got a
worked spreadsheet example. Jon and Susan wrote an article in July 2015
http://ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/general/different-world-python/
which mentions spreadsheet capability, but again, has no fully worked
example.

The wiki http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/Python has a spartan look,
but leads to an IT Jungle series by Garry Taylor in 2010-2011 which is a
pretty nice IBM i oriented look, but still, no spreadsheet.
http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg082510-story01.html
http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg110310-story01.html
http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg051811-story01.html


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