Re: Visual Age for RPG

RE:     Re: Visual Age for RPG

>>Brian Johnson said:
>> I recently saw a demo of Visual Age for RPG.  The demo looked good (what
>> demo doesn't?); does anyone have real-world experience with this
>> product  they would care to share?  

Chris Said;
>I have used the VisualAge tools and used the VA-RPG tool for some minor 
>things. I found it fun and useful. For RPG guys, it is not that difficult 
>to pick up the few new opcodes. 
>At this point in time, though, I would recommend looking into VA for Java 
>and the AS/400 toolbox. Betas for both are out, and IBM has clearly 
>stated that this is the future direction for programming on the AS/400.
>Chris Rehm         

Chris;

This time I would have to disagree with you slightly.  You are right that
for RPG guys the "Scripting" language of VA/RPG is what their already good
at (that being RPG).  Not much learning curve on that front,   But......

What if you (being a RPG programmer) could generate Java byte code using
VA-RPG?  I think that might be a Real Strong possibility in the near 
future!   Comming to a CPU near you.

We (RPG programmers) may get out of having to learning "C" yet. 
Imagine coding SETLL, DOUEQ, LEAVE (ha ha) ...   AND  ... 
generate real JAVA byte code besides? 

How would the rest of you who are reading this like to see that?

P.S.
By the way.  VA/RPG runs on Win95 so there's no more "I don't have
OS/2" excuse anymore for not trying it.  It also generates Win3.1 runtime.

John Carr  CDP
EdgeTech



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