RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"

Well... its not RPG IV... but some people ARE developing an RPG
compiler for Linux!

http://rpg.netpedia.net/


boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote:
>
>
> Colin wrote:
> >Does this mean theres a chance that RPG will appear on Linux?
> >
> >If so, I would be one of the first to go out and buy a new PC,
>  install
> >Linux, and develop RPG applications at home!
> >
> >This would also give non-AS/400's the chance to learn RPG, without
> >having to purchase a 400!!!
> >
> >>> >And the Big question........... now that we have CF's
> >>> >Can we port our code to Linux ?????
> >>>
> >>> Well, our compiler code has already been ported from the 370 to
> >>> OS/2, OS/400, and even Widows.  I'm sure another port wouldn't
> >>> be too difficult.  We'd just have to wait on all those other
> >>> W-Code, CODE, and VisualAge components to make it all work,
> >>> though.
> >>>
> >>> Personally, I'd love to see more of a demand for moving our
> >>> products to Linux.
>
> There's always a chance,  There's also the chance that human
> civilization on this planet will be wiped out by a collision
> with a 10km wide asteroid.
>
> As far as I know, I'm the only one here in the AS/400 group
> in Toronto who actually uses Linux.  (At home.  At work I'm
> one of the few who still uses OS/2!)
>
> Cheers!  Hans
>
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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