RE: RPGEL, C/L, and DDS on non AS/400 platforms

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think RPG on zSeries is basically RPG II.

At 05:25 PM 9/26/2005, you wrote:

> Thanks Rob.
>
> To answer your question, yes I would.
>
> Albert
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
>   To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
>   Subject: RE: RPGEL, C/L, and DDS on non AS/400 platforms
>   Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:15:24 -0500
>
>
>   RPG was declared a SAA or Systems Application Architecture language
>   by IBM
>   and should be available on all IBM platforms. (However I believe that
>   IBM
>   abandoned SAA.) Shortly after declaring RPG a SAA language they came
>   out
>   with a version of RPG for the mainframe. I believe the entry level
>   cost
>   for just the compiler was $199,000. Now the true SAA level of RPG was
>   missing many items, like screen files, etc. Basically enforcing that
>   the
>   R stood for REPORT.
>
>   I do not know if IBM ever did say anything about CL regarding SAA. I
>   don't think so.
>
>   I do not know enough about the mainframes to decide if there would be
>   any
>   unique enough situation that would warrant moving from an i5 to a
>   zSeries.
>   Now, before you all snicker, wouldn't you like the PC people to have
>   at
>   least that open of a mind towards the i5 that I am expressing towards
>   the
>   zSeries?
>
>   Rob Berendt
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