Re: Development ideas

["David Thatcher" <dthatche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>

Howdy folks...  I'm new to the group, fresh from the HP e3000 (15 years as a
vendor).

> > J2EE/SQL is the standard in my mind.
> > Would I use it with my background?  No.
> > I would use RPGIV for my scripting/business Language.
>
> Gotcha.  What you said makes sense if we go with the assumption that
> Catherine wanted a complete OO application development environment.
>
> I guess I was just saying that OO application development isn't
necessarily
> the universal panacaea - traditional procedural development has its place.
>

What makes sense to me is to use a product such as PERCobol
(www.legacyj.com) that maintains your existing COBOL programs and staff, but
takes advantage of the J2EE architecture and Java.  You can also call Java
from COBOL and COBOL from Java.  It is platform neutral so it can run
anywhere.  It's GUI, IDE is also based on the Eclipse technology.

I used it to migrate some existing HP COBOL programs from the HP e3000 to an
HP9000, under a J2EE environment and it worked great.

Glad to be part of the group!

Regards,

David A. Thatcher
Advanced Network Systems, Inc.

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