Re: Web apps on the AS/400

From: Nathan M. Andelin <nathanma@haaga.com>

> >Java is better for vector and string manipulation than RPG...
> 
> I don't disagree with the above statement.  It's just that it's ealily
> remedied

These blanket statements are hard to accept at face value.
The only way to verify this is to solve the same string problem
in different languages and them to time the following things:
1) how long did it take to solve the problem
2) how fast does it run. (do it 100,000 times)

So here is a sample problem:

Given a string of length 50, move a shorter string to it,
e.g. "test string", finally right-justify the string, so that it
now holds:
"                                       test string"
The shorter string is not known at compile time.

Once we have a solution to that in several languages
we can make meaningful comparisons. If the language 
or a subroutine library already has a function that solves
the problem, you are not allowed to use it.
This later restriction is somewhat dubious: imagine
you had a language that had a built-in solution to
every problem your are likely to encounter, it is
hard to disqualify using it.

Leif



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