ile. whats the problem. was: MI as the MI language of the as400. -- MI400

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Subject: [MI400] ile. whats the problem. was: MI as the MI language of the as400.
From: "Steve Richter" <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:32:44 -0400
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-----Original Message-----
From: mi400-admin@midrange.com [mailto:mi400-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard

>The issue was not if one could improve ILE, but rather that ILE is too
>complex for its own good. It should be simplified.

The complexity is one thing, but the lack of functionality and documentation
are its most glaring problems.  COM is much more complicated than ILE but it
provides a lot of functionallity and is fully documented.  COM provides late
binding through the IDispatch interface. This enables script languages to
call functions and APIs just like a compiled program. Event signaling, where
the server/api calls out to the client, is also missing from ILE. An IDL (
interface definition language ) which is needed for the late binding and
call marshalling is missing.  Maybe developers could add these features to
ILE, maybe ILE is not as cumbersome as RPG makes it appear to be.  But since
IBM will not document it, ...

Steve Richter

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