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

I agree with that. That has also made me think that for the usual app.
programs that I write I don't see where a language like Java would work. How
would you access file that way for example. If they added these features to
Java then you would lose the portability which is what I thought Java was
all about. I love any new features that are added to RPG... CF or whatever.
The language has evolved over the years and I wouldn't want to lose any of
the upgrades. My opinion of course......Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: John P Carr <jpcarr@tredegar.com>
To: RPG400-L <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"


>
> Scott Klement said;
> <SNIP>
> > On the other hand, though, theres something to be said for making
> > RPG a more mainstream language.   I mean -- lets face it -- its
> > almost completely unknown outside of the IBM Midrange arena.
> <SNIP>
>
> I made the "Now that we have 'CF' will we get RPG on Linux"  statement as
a
> joke.
> The reason you won't see RPG on other platforms is that 80% of what
> you like about RPG has nothing to do with the language,  It's really
OS/400.
> Things like;
>
> Error handling (*PSSR, etc)
> Chains, Reade's Readpe's, etc (you might get embedded SQL as your only
I/O)
> Program status D/S
> File Info D/S
> NO workstation files.
> Externally Defined D/S's
> etc
> etc
>
> John Carr
>
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