RE: IBM i and Java

["Nadir Amra" <amra@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, 

The comment:

"We have been told by IBM that they will not support Java as a standalone 
language - meaning not running under Websphere."

Is definitely erroneous whomever made it. 


"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12/01/2016 
09:47:51 AM:

> From: "Ira Chandler" <ira@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 12/01/2016 09:49 AM
> Subject: RE: IBM i and Java
> Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We use Java for one particular communications job in our software and it 
has
> proven to be very fast and efficient.  Actually, every one of the 
networks
> with which we are certified has a dedicated Java for the HTTPS POST 
secure
> communications.  We benchmarked against the same HTTPS POST 
functionality in
> RPG and the Java was an order of magnitude faster.  Maybe that is a bit 
of
> an exaggeration, but still way faster. 
>
> Our experience with this limited function has been exemplary.  While no 
fan
> of Java in any way, it seems like it could be a good tool.  We do NOT 
use
> Websphere at all, and from what I have heard, THAT is a whole OTHER 
world of
> hurt.  We have been told by IBM that they will not support Java as a
> standalone language - meaning not running under Websphere.  We have had 
a
> few issues over the years, and their first question is what version of 
WS,
> and when told we do not use it, their support evaporates.  Feedback from 
our
> customer base on Websphere is not glowing.
>
> The Java Toolkit seems to be pretty bulletproof, as it has presented 
zero
> issues over the many years that we have used it.  All use of Java in our
> system has the Java sitting on a data queue, waiting for a record to 
process
> (transmit).  The result is then sent back through another data queue to
> another RPG program.  This has been very effective for us, as we only 
have
> to use the comm functions and avoid all data access in Java.
>
> Ira Chandler
> Curbstone Corporation
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