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  3. October 2019

Re: AS/400 vs. IBM i

<David>
That's to preserve backwards compatibility... something that IBM i is
fantastic at.
You wouldn't want to have to refactor all your code just to account
for a class name change in java code (which other products sometimes
do require).
</David>

A problem with a class name change in Java code is not related to java, it's related to a programmer writing poor programms! Java has all you need to avoid problems with backwards compatibility.
AS/400 (regardless how it might be named) has had some problems with backwards compatibility. e.g.: new commands breaking applications using the same commandname. introduction from SQLVARS changed the behaviour of the compilers.

D*B

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