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

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

 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
>
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