Re: application programming. the microsoft vs ibm approach.

[G Armour <garmour400m@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe I'm about to show my ignorance on the subject, but, doesn't ILE
already function like what MS describes for .NET MSIL/CLR?  And has had
for umpteen years?  Don't we have ILE languages like RPG, COBOL, C, and
CL? (are there others?)

I admit I don't understand all of the technical lingo you quoted.  

Or is just a matter of not having a "rich palette of languages from which
to choose"?

GA

--- Steve Richter <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here is a description of the microsoft approach to programming on its
> platform.
> 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/whitepapers/default.aspx
> 
> I program on both windows and os400.  I would like to know what is IBM's
> stategy for how applications are to be programmed on its systems.  Is it
> Java and only Java on the IBM Series systems?
> 
> ILE has been the IBM version of the .NET MSIL/CLR.  It allows modules
> written in different languages to be combined in an application.  Is
> that
> still the case going forward?  Does IBM plan to enhance ILE so that the
> following snippet from the above link can also describe what ILE does?
> 
> "Programmers may write applications to the .NET Framework using a number
> of
> languages. Each of these languages is compiled to the Microsoft
> Intermediate
> Language (MSIL), which is then converted to native code and executed on
> the
> CLR. Since each language interacts with code written for the CLR, any
> application written in any language can interact with any other
> application
> written in any other language. With the introduction of the CLR,
> programmers
> now have a rich palette of languages from which to choose, helping them
> select the right language for their skills and for the task at hand."
> 
> -Steve Richter

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