RE: WDT400 announce and RPG

["Bennett, Stephen" <Stephen.Bennett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok! I've done this and the is worn itself off and now I use JAVA..........
Point is sure you can do stuff........... and it's great
But it still as awarkward as it's been for the last decade.......it not
about just knowing code.....It about the whole environment........CODE 400
should have been released, and should be released near FREE to developers
years ago...........and AS400 JAVA should be more closely associated with
RPG developers.
Development is the key to success but AS400 always been an awarkard beast,
as I'm sure you all know.

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> From: booth@martinvt.com [SMTP:booth@martinvt.com]
> Sent: 15 June 2000 01:58
> To:   CODE400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: WDT400 announce and RPG
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> I am in agreement with Edmund on this. 
> 
> Instead of killing RPG, do you realize that the opposite is true?  Your 
> RPG skills will allow you to write programs in RPG that can run on PCs. It
> 
> ain't elegant, but it works.  For instance, I wrote a program in RPG that 
> is on my PC.  I can click the icon and open a count-down timer (like an 
> egg timer and about as accurate) that is fully functional, including 
> playing a melody when the time expires.  It is attractive and can be 
> compiled for Windows look and feel, or for Java look and feel. 
> 
> I am not suggesting a Holy Grail has been found but it is not a death 
> rattle either.
> 
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> edmund.reinhardt@ca.ibm.com
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> 
> I'm sorry but I fail to see why you are concluding that IBM is moving away
> from RPG in this announcement.
> 
> RPG is still and will in all probability always remain to be THE best
> language environment to write server programs on the AS/400 with.  We are
> committed to enhancing it.  Surveys have shown that even those who
> understand Java very well, prefer to write AS/400 server programs in RPG.
> Included in this announce is a path to get even interactive RPG programs 
> on
> the web without changing one line of your RPG.   You now have state of the
> art tools to build your RPG programs with that are bundled in just like 
> SEU
> & SDA.
> 
> IBM is very committed to RPG which makes perfect sense for AS/400-only
> applications.  However for cross-platform and web applications, Java has
> strengths over RPG and we offer you premiere tools for developing those
> types of applications as well.  Whatever you want to build for the AS/400,
> we want to help you and give you the tools.
> 
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> 
> Edmund Reinhardt, AS/400 AD Tools,  reinhard@ca.ibm.com
> Dept 607,   IBM Canada Lab           TL 778-4392  Phone 448-4392
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