RE: (no subject)

From: "Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [WDSCI-L] (no subject)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:45:27 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: from mail.midrange.com ([69.3.23.26]) by mc8-f34.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:48:36 -0700
Received: from linux.midrange.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])by mail.midrange.com (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i88Lk95G013087;Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:46:09 -0500
Received: from mail2.netsource-one.net (mail2.netsource-one.net[68.22.255.135])by mail.midrange.com (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i88LjMpS013001for <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:45:31 -0500
Received: from dbale1 (67.38.62.43)by mail2.netsource-one.net with MERCUR Mailserver (v4.02.28OTUtMjQzNS02MTU1)for <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:51:44 -0400
X-Message-Info: yilqo4+6kc6hWHuUM2z2Kwjhd0MY9vmM
Message-ID: <ILEDKKLCGACPBMKCBHNACEEGCFAA.dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0)
In-Reply-To: <BAY9-F52KrtyHw3vSI00001f575@xxxxxxxxxxx>
x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441
X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.75.1, clamav-milter version 0.75con linux.midrange.com
X-Virus-Status: Clean
X-BeenThere: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries <wdsci-l.midrange.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l>,<mailto:wdsci-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l>
List-Post: <mailto:wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
List-Help: <mailto:wdsci-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l>,<mailto:wdsci-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Return-Path: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Sep 2004 21:48:37.0483 (UTC) FILETIME=[98B25BB0:01C495ED]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Mike Troxclaire
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:31 PM
>
> Thanks a lot Charles. That solves my 'Hello World' problem, I
> surmise.:-).
> Well, this is the situation...I am a Java programmer and there ours is a
> pure AS400 shops where lots of programs are written in RPG and we
> are moving
> towards Java and we will be going through a translation project
> in a year or
> so and in the mean time I need to understand RPG so that when
> those programs
> get converted into Java I need to understand the Logic behind those RPG
> programs so as to make sure that no garbage is coming out into
> Java classes.
> Well, please let me know if that gives you any idea of the problem I am
> in...if not I will be glad to elaborate. Thanks a bunch for the response.

<Cloud of doom casts pall over ... Wait!  That was one heckuva run-on
sentence!>

Ahem.  The simple, wide-open question:  Does your boss have any idea what
s/he's doing?

Before I jump to conclusions, how about a little more detail?  What is the
"translation project"?  Are you moving off the AS/400?  If so, to what?

db

_______________________________________________
This is the Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries (WDSCI-L) mailing list
To post a message email: WDSCI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l
or email: WDSCI-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l.