RE: Web apps on the AS/400

That is pretty cool.  But don't let me catch you using the "portable"
argument.  :)

I've actually found that the JDBC drivers aren't that bad.  Actually rather
acceptable speed.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Web apps on the AS/400
> 
> 
> Java already calls RPG perfectly, Leif.  I use it all the 
> time.  In fact, I
> use it almost exclusively that way: my Java programs call RPG 
> programs to do
> business logic.  Actually, my Java programs call RPG programs 
> to communicate
> with data queues, which in turn communicate with other RPG programs as
> servers, but that's my preferred way to communicate with 
> business logic
> servers.  Message-based client/server processing is far more 
> robust and
> flexible than simple program calls.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 10:26 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Web apps on the AS/400
> >
> >
> > From: David Gibbs <david@midrange.com>
> > > >Wouldn't it be lovely if you could write a program in
> > > >the language that was most convenient or natural
> > > >or matching-your-skill-set or (...) and have that program
> > > >be usable from any other program? Just as it was
> > > >in the pre-Java days.
> > >
> > > I think that with a future version of the ILE environment you
> > will be able
> > > to call Java classes directly as if they were standard programs.
> > >
> > > Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that George Farr
> > indicated that this
> > > was coming in a future version of RPG (in his COMMON 
> presentation).
> > >
> >
> > But RPG is only one,
> > How about CL, COBOL, MI, REXX, SQL, C, C++, ...
> > And we are not just talking about RPG calling Java. What would
> > be better is Java calling RPG (to do business logic). Or simply
> > making Java a first-class citizen without any tricks. Of course
> > you can always fake it (in any language), but write the parameters
> > to a file, starting another job, in that job call the program that
> > reads the parameter file and produces a result file to be
> > read by the original program, when the temporary jobs ends.
> > That is NOT what I meant.
> >
> > Furthermore all that is "in future" versions. Doing us no good
> > now.
> 
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