Re: RPG TALENT--Global issue

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Ravi,

In a message dated 98-05-28 16:33:20 EDT, you write:

> > Sorry, but I can't take a bow. In my opinion, the preferred
>  > language on the AS/400 will become Java.  
>  
>  Most of the AS/400 shops run some packaged software (JDE, BPCS,
>  JBA etc.) for their mission critical applications. Source code for these
>  apps is still RPG. Consequently, any custom mods, extensions will be
>  done in RPG. The programming language of choice will probably be defined
>  by the package vendors. Porting the apps to Java will be a major
>  re-write for these vendors. Will the benefits outweigh the effort??

Perhaps.  As a BPCS shop, we write in what is necessary and comfortable.  Many
of the new "Satanic (oh, that's Symantic) Message Gateways" are written in C,
rather than RPG, despite the fact that the majority of the package is written
in (poorly generated) AS/Set RPG.  We now have stuff in VB using ESS/400 that
interfaces to BPCS.  JDE and JBA users have the same "mix" of languages, if
they're operating in the "Real World" (pun intended) ;-)...

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear." -- Frank Tyger
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