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Re: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ?Java ?

Since the PC doesn't contain an RDBS and no indexing, VARPG didn't support local ISAM access, which greatly slowed its adoption, IMHO. It also didn't support printer files, IIRC.

-mark


At 5/11/09 12:10 PM, you wrote:

On 11-May-09, at 11:41 AM, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The output of VARPG is Java. Why not just use Java instead of trying
> to get
> VARPG to output Java? I know it's another language to learn, but I
> think OO
> is MUCH better for UI than RPG ever can/should be. I think making
> RPG to OO
> style will break how great it is for back-end business rules.

Just one small correction to this - VARPG had Java output capabilities
_added_ to it for a number of reasons inclding th ability to run VARPG
apps as applets. The product itself generated Windows exe files -
that was its design point and how most people used it.

Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com


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