RE: ILE vs. non-ILE

["Haston, Michael J." <Michael.J.Haston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I haven't worked at a shop that has gone to ILE yet, but my last company
'allowed' us to write in the RPGIV source code.  I have seen that
programmers that are interested in learning RPGIV can get into some good
coding in 1 - 2 weeks.  The learning curve is what they want to make it.
Here at my current shop we are not even permitted to write in RPGIV because
some of our programmers don't want to deal with learning anything post-1994.



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Vandever [mailto:Kevin.Vandever@mail.bcop.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:49 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: ILE vs. non-ILE


Hey gang,

We are about to formerly implement ILE, or not, at our shop. I have been
using it for years and feel pretty comfortable with the basics. Modules and
service programs have made their ways into our production environment and
now we want to come out with a formal plan of development.  I am on the team
that will make the decision for the whole group and am way on the side (not
sure if it's right or left, but it's probably considered the left) of
implementing ILE. However, there are also folks on the team who oppose, or
are apprehensive, implementing ILE. We go back and forth debating the
related issues and have had some great conversations.

Our development shop is large and some of the concerns expressed are
centered around the learning curve associated with the whens, whys, and hows
of ILE.

We have Web and CRM apps that hit our RPG business rules and DB2 data and
are looking into future customer self-service and web service apps. ILE, in
my opinion, is a nice fit with those technologies. I also see the direction
IBM is taking the language and don't want our shop to left behind.

I am looking for case studies, horror/success stories, and any other nuggets
related to implementing ILE.  If there is anyone out there who's gone
through a similar exercise, I'd love to hear about it.

If I had my way, I'd go full speed ahead with ILE implentation, but that's
just me. I am willing to listen to my counterpart's opinions and hopefully
gain some insight from others in the industry who have already gone through
a formal-like implementation.

Thanks in advance.

Kevin Vandever.