RE: RPG on NT & Unix ??

Well, as everyone will no doubt shortly be saying: what about the
database?  Methinks these people are leaving out a hugely important bit.

Plus:

>    language, Java applications tend to be more inefficient than RPG,
>    Schindler explains. "The issue is performance with Java. It's a
> relatively
>    slow language. Sun envisioned Java to be compatible at the 
> binary level
> on
>    all platforms, but the object cannot be optimized for all 
> platforms."
>  
>     Essentially, the only change to the application when it is
>    replatformed is in the user interface, which only 
> comprises five to ten

Surely all of the above would apply equally to RPG cross-compiled and
running on their VM?

It'll never catch on :-)

Cheers,

Martin.

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