RE: ILE conversion

ILE calls to subprocedures are faster than OPM calls.
ILE (done right) will teach you basics if you want to learn OOP.
ILE service programs make updating systems easier.
Learning is good.

Brad
If the new AS/400s run Java fast, just think how fast they'll run RPG!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [mailto:dr2@cssas400.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:50 AM
> To: Graves, Chuck
> Cc: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: Re: ILE conversion
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chuck,
> 
> pardon my ignorance, but why are you changing the programs to 
> "ILE"?  Is
> there a reason beyond "political correctness" to do so?
> 
> Frankly, I submit that unless there's a good reason to goto 
> the new format
> (additional functionality being my #1, followed by needing access to
> additional data types) you should NOT convert them.  They're smaller,
> smaller source, and probably load and run faster as it.
> 
> You may want to do some benchmarkers there dude...ILE does 
> have a cost,
> IFF indeed you're just moving up to move up...
> 
> Don in DC
> (Waiting for Jon's blast...:)
> 
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> 
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Graves, Chuck wrote:
> 
> > I am in the process of converting a large native OPM 
> Point-of-Sale application to ILE I am discovering issues with 
> file sharing (i.e. files opened in the initial CL driver pgm, 
> sharing of subfiles between programs etc...) what is my best 
> resource for answering these issues before I continue with 
> the pgm by pgm conversion.  ??can OPM and ILE programs share 
> resources etc??  i.e. ILE RPG pgm1, calls ILE RPG pgm2...pgm2 
> fails trying to update a file, claiming it was not opened for 
> update...It worked in OPM world???
> > 
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