Re: AS/400 vs. IBM i

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 3:56 AM D*B <dieter.bender@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

If the AS400Message class goes away then any application using that
class no longer works. No amount of programming skill can avoid that.

It's not a java problem or a programmer problem.

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.

In my experience, backwards compatibility problems on IBM i are few
and far between.

This is one of its strongest value propositions.

david