Re: RPG vs. C

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:03 AM 5/10/98 , Don Kuenz wrote:
>C is my standard language for writing software on PC and Unix platforms.
>It would please me to use C as my standard language for writing software
>on an AS400 platform, but it looks like RPG is the defacto standard
>language because IBM includes RPG as a standard (free) compiler on all 
>platforms.

IMHO, it's too hard to write APPLICATIONS in C... you have to do far too
much work to accomplish the same thing you can do in a few lines of code in
RPG.  Also, if my memory serves (Jon & Hans can correct me if necessary)
the RPG compiler generates more efficent code than the C compiler.

>Is it possible to create a program for a 9402-236 / V7R1 from an ILE C 
>compiler on a 9404-F10 / V3R1?

V7R1?  Is that the latest beta version?

david

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