Re: PC RPG compiler?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott

I find it a little strange that you disagree with Jon on the history of
this mess. He was, I believe, the lead (or very close to the lead) for RPG
IV/ILE - whatever you want to call it. He ought to know - he was right in
the middle of things at Toronto.

Obviously this is confusing. But what do you say about the laptop iSeries? <bg>

Cheers
Vern

At 01:52 PM 3/7/02 -0600, you wrote:

>On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 rob@dekko.com wrote:
> >
> > Then where would the manual on RPG IV be found?
> >
>
>Rob,
>
>By the same token, there's no manual for BASIC.  Sure, there's Visual
>BASIC, and Quick BASIC, and GW BASIC and even Applesoft BASIC, but no
>manual for "BASIC".
>
>Why?  Because the manuals are for a specific implementation of BASIC.
>Just as the IBM manuals are for ILE RPG (a specific implementation of RPG
>IV)
>
>If you created your own "Rob RPG", it might also be an implementation of
>RPG IV, but your manual would be for "Rob RPG", not for RPG IV in general.
>
>This is the point I was trying to make before it got blown up into this
>whole big deal -- RPG IV is the language, ILE RPG is IBM's AS/400
>compiler.
>
>But I'm sure you people will continue to write sarcastic messages at me
>for DARING to bring this point up.  Heaven forbid that I should point out
>that "ILE RPG" is not the same as "RPG IV".  What is wrong with me,
>anyway?
>
>
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