Re: C coding

We do a lot of C++ coding and primarily benefit from its cross-compilability between with windows and Linux (if you do it in a disciplined fashion). It also allows us to leverage existing tools and skill sets across the organization. We even use it for a fair bit of database access as we've wrapped the SQL api's into a nice reusable object. That said - most of the coding in our department is 'tools' coding.

HTH,

Marc


On 2/10/2014 2:45 PM, Buck Calabro wrote:

On 2/10/2014 4:59 PM, frank kolmann wrote:

So I am prompted to ask, is anyone doing serious coding in C on the AS400.
And if so what is the application and more interesting to me what style of
C code is being used?

I have C code in production that I used for ASN.1 serialise/deserialise
operations. Also, for socket operations. Both of these are wrappered
so that ILE RPG programs can call the functions.

Today I'm not sure I'd recommend using C for sockets; there are plenty
of RPG examples these days (thanks Scott!) But there are some
programming chores which C works well for, AND for which one can find
examples on the web.

Generally speaking, I do all my IBM i database work in RPG. I'd use C
for tool / interface type work. At home I use C to program PIC
microprocessors; another chore that uses no database. ish.
--buck