Re: Getting Young People into IBM i -- MIDRANGE-L

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On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 5:00 PM VERNON HAMBERG Owner <
vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You probably know there used to be *IBM Tools for Developers*, a free
PRPQ, number 5799-PTL. I don't remember how long ago it first became
available, it is now superceded by the open source offerings. Here's a link
that mentions it - https://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/5799-PTL. That
page was created in 2007, I think I remember trying some of the tools and
VNC and X-Windows and emacs and all around then. That article says it was
superseded by 5733-OPS - of course, that is also long gone, no sorrow
there. New open source support gives us all that stuff and better, right?

Vern -- I'm not clear on the vintage, but yes, the evolution of PASE and
the yum repositories far exceed what was possible Back in the Day, as the
young folk say.
However, emacs has disappeared and only joe (an emacs clone of ancient
lineage itself) is found in the IBM repos.

Yes, it is better nowadays, and it will get better still.

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