RE: CGI, RPG

Whats so bad about perl on the as400?

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:50 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: CGI, RPG


Matt,

> If you're on a V5 release, you have a license to the C compilers. As
> much as I like RPG for business programming, there are better
languages
> for CGI programming so why not use C or C++ if you already know those?

Please explain how C or C++ is a "better language for CGI programming"?!
I can kinda see how you'd say this about Perl... if you weren't on an
iSeries where Perl, quite frankly, sucks.  But C?  You've got to be
kidding me. C is an absolutely awful language for CGI.

I have no experience with NET.DATA.

PHP and ColdFusion are really nice for server-side web scripting...
Depending on what you're doing, there's a really good chance that
they'll
be easier to use than RPG.  But C?  No way.


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