Re: IBMi25

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

the 25 year mark seems to send the S/38 down the memory hole.  as Steve
Will writes:
http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/you_and_i/2013/04/integration-and-ibm-i-at-25.html
 "... Integration meant bringing the S/36 and S/38 together, integrating
them, combining their customer communities, and allowing applications from
both heritages to move to an advanced, powerful system. ..."
 Meaning, the as400 was the s/38 with an added s/36 environment.  And being
that S/36 RPG has all been ported to RPG400 the s/38 environment did not
add any features of lasting value to the system.  I know we have had this
discussion before, but each release of the S/38 brought tremendous
features.  OPNQRYF was big in the day. Journaling. Not sure if IBM started
providing APIs on S/38 releases. I know they predated ILE because I
remember limiting myself to APIs that could be called from OPM code. As a
S/38 programmer I did not see the AS400 as anything but a continuation of
the excellent releases IBM had been putting out for the 38.

If IBM wants to release something neat at Common they could announce
Javascript as an ILE language.

-Steve




On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:53 AM, nhdennis@xxxxxxxxxxx
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