Writing compilers in RPG

["Ken Sims at SWS Nevada" <ken.sws@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Hans -

>Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 09:00:46 -0400
>From: boldt@ca.ibm.com
>Subject: RE: RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"

>So you're saying RPG is better than C?  Would you write a compiler
>using RPG?  I wouldn't!  And it's not its fixed format syntax that
>makes RPG unsuitable for compiler writing.  On the other hand,
>most consider C unsuitable for business applications.  When you
>say that one language is "better" than another, what you mean is
>that one language is better for a particular problem domain.

You don't write compilers in RPG!?!?!?!?!?!?!??? <G>

I wrote a BASIC interpreter in RPG, along with a RANOL interpreter
(RANOL was a stack oriented language that I developed) and a
microprocessor emulator.  And this was in RPG II on an S/34 and/or
S/36.

When RPG is all you've got, it's amazing what you can do!

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada
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