Re: Web apps on the AS/400

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

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From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: RE: Web apps on the AS/400


> But surely retrieving OS/400 error messages cannot
> be the 100% pure Java that is the only thing worth
> writing (Mr. Ruthledge main point for the business
> case for Java was its "write once, run anywhere"
> capability).
> ----
> Leif, you're the only one quoting this stuff.  You make your own
statements,
> then use them as your own arguments.  I never said anything about what kind
> of Java is worth writing.  On the other hand, you seem to be confused as to
> what "100% Pure Java" is.  "100% Pure Java" is Java code that will run on
> the standard JVM.  Exceptions include things like JINI calls.  But if it
> runs on a standard JVM (as the Java Toolbox does) then it's 100% pure Java.
>
>
> Looking on the Web, I see that even the ProgramCall
> class is a special AS/400 deal. Thus is not part of Java.
> ----
> You're beginning to make some really weird statements, Leif.  The
> ProgramCall object is a 100% Pure Java class that will communicate with the
> RMTCMD server of the AS/400.  Saying that's not part of Java is like saying
> that it's not Java to write code that talks to an HP Laserjet printer,
> because the Laserjet is not Java.  You're being silly.
>
> Anything that will run a standard JVM is 100% Pure Java.  If the program I
> write using the toolbox can be installed on a Windows machine (or on a Mac
> or a Linux box) running a standard JVM and still work, then it's 100% Pure
> Java.  And guess what?  Any program I write using IBM's JTOpen toolbox WILL
> run on any platform.  It's great!  I can write programs that directly
access
> the AS/400 database or directly call RPG programs - and run them on a
> Sparcstation!  All because they're 100% Pure Java!  In fact, I can run the
> COMPILED classes on any platform that supports the standard JVM.
>
> That's one of the reasons I think Java is such as important language,
> especially for UI - it's as close to platform independent as any language
> I've seen.
>
>
>
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