Re: Cobol vs RPG vs Java vs C vs MI

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Scott.Lindstrom@zenith.com <Scott.Lindstrom@zenith.com>
To: COBOL400-L@midrange.com <COBOL400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Cobol vs RPG vs Java vs C vs MI


>
>
>I had heard at one time that COBOL performs slightly better than RPG since
even
>though most programmers don't use the RPG cycle, the logic is still
embedded in
>every program and still executes.  I didn't think it could be turned off.


It still performs better than RPG in IO. That is because RPG must translate
every field into the target variable. COBOL just maps the data into the
buffer. This is also why COBOL can generate data decimal errors into RPG
programs from files written by COBOL.

As far as the cycle is concerned, turning if off is not really turning it
off, but removing it by specifying NOMAIN.  This is used for procedures.

As for the logic cycle executing. No, it only executes if you specify a
primary file or run off the end. Otherwise, it is just baggage.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator

"The sum of all human knowledge is a fixed constant.
    It's the population that keeps growing!"



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