RE: Web apps on the AS/400

["Schenck, Don" <Don.Schenck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks --

It's simple: LEARN JAVA!

If for NO other reason, you have a broader job market. And it's a good
bullet against Microsoft. This is coming from someone who actually LIKES
Microsoft products.

Learn Java.

-- Don Schenck
   Schenck Technical Consulting
   DonS@SchenckTech.com / www.SchenckTech.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Peasley [mailto:jpeasley@ncats.net]
> Sent: March 19, 2001 8:54 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Web apps on the AS/400
> 
> 
> I have to say, being Java challenged, I have learned from this 'Horse
> Beating', Food Fight', 'Chest Pounding', or whatever you want 
> to call it. It
> hasn't been perfect, but it sure has been informative.
> 
> In fact it the only 'Horse 'Beating' that I can say that 
> hasn't wasted my
> time lately. I even signed up to the Java400 list cause it 
> sparked such
> interest.
> 
> I am surprised you haven't joined in John, or were you out 
> having an Ex?
> ;-))
> 
> Jay Peasley
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Taylor" <john.taylor@telusplanet.net>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Web apps on the AS/400
> 
> 
> > Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder these tests are 
> supposed to
> prove?
> > You're comparing 150's to 170's to 270's etc, all with 
> various (unnamed)
> > processors and active workloads. One guy does the RPG 
> version on "System
> A",
> > another does the C version on "System B", and so forth. 
> What use could
> such
> > results possibly have?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Taylor
> > Canada
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hall, Philip" <phall@spss.com>
> > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 15:42
> > Subject: RE: Web apps on the AS/400
> >
> >
> > > in ILE/C approx 20 min per pgm, submitted to batch on a 170...
> > >
> > > > problem 1)
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > String before : '                                         
>          '
> > > len(50)
> > > Before : 985035538.499776
> > > After  : 985035538.878712
> > > Diff   : 0.378936
> > > String after  : '                                       
> test string'
> > >
> > >
> > > > problem 2)
> > > > Given a string char(50), replace all
> > > > EMBEDDED spaces with underscores,
> > > > but leave leading and trailing spaces alone.
> > > > E.g. "     this is a test      "
> > > > should become   "     this_is_a_test      "
> > >
> > > String before : '                this is a test           
>          '
> > > len(50)
> > > Before : 985035524.11432
> > > After  : 985035524.590832
> > > Diff   : 0.476512
> > > String after  : '                this_is_a_test           
>          '
> >
> >
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