Re: Delphi/400

["Matthias Oertli" <oertlim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 21 Jun 1998 11:19:05 -0500, Vernon Hamberg wrote:

>Marc
>
>At 09:36 AM 6/21/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>>Matthias,
>> 
>>> I was just wondering if anyone is using Delphi/400.
>>> If so, what are your thoughts on it?
>>
>> I just read a piece about this tool in Insider Weekly for
>>AS/400 Managers.  I do not have any experience with this
>>tool but I am watching developments carefully.  
>>
>> Based on the article, it accesses data efficiently from
>>the AS/400, faster than using ODBC.  There is a clear
>>commitment to AS/400 technology but it sounds like it
>>is rather pricey compared to Visual Basic.
>>
>>  Speaking of Visual Basic, there was an article in this
>>past weeks InfoWorld about Visual Basic 6.0, due out
>>later this year, and how it will support access to the
>>AS/400 and Oracle.  I haven't used this tool either.
>
>I'm looking into VA RPG. It also does not use ODBC. It has native data
>access that is very fast. I'm using a TCP/IP connection. It also does not
>need Client Access.

That's an issue, I don't want to use ODBC, not even AnyNet if possible.
Straight tcp/ip is preferred...

>Delphi is a good package. But watch out for performance comparison spin.
>Borland has been known to compare loop operations with an integer index in
>Delphi, floating point in VB. Guess who loses.
>
>In addition, the underlying language is Pascal more to learn. It may be
>that VA RPG is good enough for your needs, thus leveraging your shop's
>current skill set. (Jon P, am I getting the fever?)

I'm much better at Pascal (and C) than with RPG.... :)

>
>Cheers
>
>Vernon Hamberg

Thanks for the comments.
Matthias

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Matthias Oertli, Sydney, Australia 

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