Re: "Webulating" RPG

[Jon Paris <paris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James I think I should comment on one part of your posting.

"So long as the intermediate code is captured for study, I think it's a
wonderful
learning tool.  And who knows, once we study the code some may decide that a
single RPG EVAL statement is easier, more cost effective, than coding the
equavalent JAVA statements.  Or some may get up the courage to give up the
familiar."

The proposal is to generate Java bytecode - _not_ Java source (although source
can possibly be derived from the bytecode).  We did a trial of generating Java,
but the resulting code was so ugly that it would be unmaintainable (you know,
like MAPICS <vbg>).  By generating bytecode we enable the executable to run on
any web enabled device.  In addition, as you want to add Java to your repetoir,
you can create (or buy) Java beans and use them to extend the fuctionality of
the application.  Over time it would be conceivalbe that the entire application
gradually moved to pure Java.

Jon Paris - AS/400 AD Market Support - paris@ca.ibm.com
Phone: (416) 448-4019   -   Fax: (416) 448-4414
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