Re: Web apps on the AS/400

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

hear, hear.
Do not stay stuck in whatever you are stuck in.
Learn something new: Java, perl, ruby.

----- Original Message -----
From: Schenck, Don <Don.Schenck@pfizer.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:18 AM
Subject: RE: Web apps on the AS/400


> 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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