Re: PC RPG compiler?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:41 PM 3/7/02 -0600, you wrote:

>Hi Vernon,
>
>On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>I'm a bit puzzled by this statement...  I was certainly not disagreeing
>with Jon about the name of IBM's RPG compiler for the AS/400 (aka iSeries)
>
>My point from the very beginning was that a PC RPG Compiler may be
>an "RPG IV" compiler, but not an "ILE RPG" compiler.  (Unless of course,
>they ported the entire Integrated Language Environment, but even then
>it'd probably be a trademark violation to call it ILE)

Sorry, this point got muddled for me in all the exchanges. Problem is,
usage doesn't always follow truth. Oh well!

It sounds like there was/is an ILE environment with OS/2, from one of Jon's
earlier posts.

Regards

Vern