RE: Callable statement with RPG

["Clapham, Paul" <pclapham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Dieter.Bender@t-online.de [mailto:Dieter.Bender@t-online.de]
Sent: March 19, 2002 01:23
To: java400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Callable statement with RPG


>Writing java code to support rpg programs is a step into the wrong
direction.
>RPG is the language for 5250; even for batch programs multithreaded java
code
>will perform out rpg on a box with multiple processors.

This is definitely not true in my environment.  Most of the programming we
do is driven by business reasons, and we try to choose the best language for
the job.  For example, for producing XML and transforming it to HTML, Java
is a better choice than RPG at the moment.  (And I don't foresee anybody
writing an XSLT implementation in RPG any time soon.)  Therefore, when we
want to produce HTML invoices for our customers, the reasonable thing to do
is to take the existing RPG invoice-printing program and insert calls to
Java classes that work with XML.  Threading and performance don't make the
decision, although they may be issues that have to be addressed.