Re: Classes for IBMi/iSeries?

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles,

If a programmer kept coding using the same S/36 green screen standards on
an AS/400, then you could see no obvious differences. It was only if you
adopted new techniques, new standards, and new coding approaches that you
might see an obvious difference. Even today, there are programmers who
write code that produces screens that look exactly like S/36 screens.

Now, take that to IBM i. If I continue to write AS/400 code on the IBM i,
then there will be no apparent difference. The problem is that you ~can~,
and the second problem is that many many RPG programmers still ~do~.

There are many obvious differences if you adopt the latest IBM i
techniques. PHP, Systems Director, RPG Open Access, RD Power, and so on.

But you have to (a) know about them, (b) learn about them, (c) adopt them.
Trevor



On 9/29/11 10:20 AM, "Charles Wilt" <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Correct me if I'm wrong...
>
> But my understanding, and I've never used a S/36 or S/38), is that
> from a green screen user's perspective, there's obvious differences
> between S/36, S/38 and AS/400....
>
> Now compare that to the difference's between AS/400, iSeries, System
> i, POWER running IBM i...
>
> It's no wonder the users still call it AS/400!
>
> Charles
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Jerry,
> >
> > It was not quite clear.
> >
> > Did you call the AS/400 a S/36, because it could run S/36 applications?
> > Did you call the AS/400 a S/38, because it could run S/38 applications?
> >
> > If the answer is yes, then calling IBM i an AS/400 is the same thing.
> > If no, then...
> > Do you call IBM i an AS/400 because it can run AS/400 applications?
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