RE: "Webulating" RPG

[Scott Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

The rumor that I heard was that since all ILE compilers produce W Code,
IBM was going to have the ability to generate JAVA Bytecode from any
ILE compiler.?.?.?   This would allow us to use VARPG to produce Client JAVA,
and ILE RPG IV on the AS/400 to produce Server JAVA. Or any combination.

I like the idea of having VARPG produce JAVA bytecode.  In our company
we have a department that uses Macs.  So currently if I create a GUI app
(in VARPG, VB, Delphi, or the other favorites), the people in that department
could not use my app.  With VARPG producing JAVA bytecode, I can use
ONE language (RPG IV) and produce an app that can run on almost any
platform!

And it would be nice to concentrate on teaching the programmers to use ILE
and RPG IV, instead of having them learn a new language like JAVA, VB,
or Delphi.

JMHO,
        Scott P. Johnson
        sjohnson@highsmith.com

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From:   Jon Paris[SMTP:paris@ca.ibm.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, February 11, 1998 12:43 PM
To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject:        "Webulating" RPG

As many readers of this list will be aware, at the COMMON conference in San
Antonio last Fall, we showed a "Technology Preview" of a version of VisualAge
for RPG which generated Java bytecode.  This provides the ability for an
application written with VARPG to be deployed over the web and made available
to any user with a browser (i.e. it would run on Apple Mac, Network Stations,
AIX, Win 95, Win NT, etc.)

While the code running in San Antonio was real (i.e. the demo was not faked) it
still represented only a fraction of the work needed to produce a full working
product.  We've been working hard on this since the fall, but there's still a
lot of work to do and we've now reached the next decision point (Go (and at
what speed), No go, etc.)

As part of the process, I'm asking you folks for your comments on the
usefulness of such a tool to you.  We've heard from a number of Business
Partners who are excited by it, now we'd like to hear from some more of our
leading users.

If you don't want to post your comments to the list, or if you have further
questions on what such a product could do for you, please e-mail me directly at
the address below.

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

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