Re: What is an AS/400?

It is funny, one guy on the site posted the idiotic assumption that
JavaScript is a direct decendant of Java and that any site using JavaScript
that claims to be anti Java was hypocritical.  The folks on the list set
about proving that JavaScript had existed as LiveScript before Java got to
be popular and that the name change was more a marketing ploy than anything
else.  But that also was deleted during the big reset.

While the site migh be a little quirky and not fully functional for all
browsers (e.g. NetScape 4.6 for Linux) it is still a testament to the power
of RPG.  I have never even heard of any Java heads putting together
something like GenX to show how well Java can access the AS/400 database.
I have seen the people on the genX site knock down several attacks from know
nothing, hype spewing, media sponges about how much better Java is than RPG.
While the RPG folks keep saying, for the most part, yeah Java has its place
it just can't replace RPG.

RPG may indeed be gone sooner than I would like but it won't be because it
isn't powerful enough to elbow a spot in the e-??? world it will be because
IBM kills it.


-----Original Message-----
From: Stone, Brad V (TC) <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:30 AM
Subject: RE: What is an AS/400?


>AS/400 folk aren't allowed a good time?  I watch the threads too.  And I
>think if someone could say something intelligent about a subject, they
>wouldn't get shut down so hard.  (Which is the POINT of the site, to speak
>your mind).  The biggest question the folks have there now is a real world
>solution for Java.  No takers yet...  I'm waiting too.
>
>Brad
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jon.Paris@hal.it [mailto:Jon.Paris@hal.it]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 12:40 PM
>> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>> Cc: bvstone@onebox.com
>> Subject: What is an AS/400?
>>
>>
>>
>>  >> You also mentioned you were looking for "success
>> stories".  I think
>> it's a good example to show what it can do with it's legacy
>> language, OS,
>> etc.. etc...
>>
>> At the risk of being branded an "old fogey" (it wouldn't be
>> the first time
>> but mostly it's because I support RPG), I'd hate to recommend
>> the genX site
>> to anyone right now.  It is a wonderful example of what can
>> be done with
>> RPG, but surely there are better references than a site where the
>> discussions rarely rise above the level of "you don't agree with me
>> therefore you're an idiot". (Note for those who haven't yet
>> visited - the
>> words used on the site are rarely as polite as "idiot"!)
>>
>> As an advocate of "keep it RPG unless there's a real-world reason to
>> change" I keep visiting hoping that something interesting
>> will be said.
>> Sadly even those discussions with promise end real quickly
>> because anyone
>> with an opposing view is just insulted and shouted down.
>>
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