RE: IBM announces new language environment - Node.js for i

Hmm, reduced half-life . . . sounds like a 'bad thing' to me ?

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 8:28 AM
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Subject: Re: IBM announces new language environment - Node.js for i

One thought to ponder is with Node.js on the server-side it means you can have a single language syntax for both your front and backends, thus lessening the half-life of info you have to mentally retain.

Aaron Bartell

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Link to the announcement:

http://ibm.co/1EoKAcU

"Node.js is a platform built on Google Chrome JavaScript™ run time for
server-side and networking applications. It is enabled on IBM i and
shipped as part of the licensed program 5770-DG1. Besides the core
functions of node.js, IBM i node.js also offers extensions to operate
DB2 for i and gain access to native IBM i objects such as programs,
commands, data queues, data areas, spool files, user spaces, jobs,
system values, environment values, and more."

Node.js is especially known for its support for I/O streaming, whether
that be the local file system, sockets, creating lightweight HTTP
servers and HTTP clients, encryption, zip and unzip, and other string handling.

How many language environments does that make?

1. ILE (RPG, Cobol, C, CL, REXX).
2. SQL & SQL DDL.
3. Java.
4. PHP.
5. Python.
6. Power Ruby and Rails.
7. Node.js
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