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  • Subject: RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
  • From: Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:41:50 +0100

But as IBM pushes Java and the Web, wont the companies that want to move
to other systems be free to do that anyway. Why would anyone RPG convert

from an AS/400 to UNIX. What would they gain?

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Scott Klement [mailto:infosys@klements.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 7:15 AM
>>> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>>> Subject: Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It seems to me that most of the die-hard unix people are going to
>>> stick with C, perl, shell scripts, or one of the other 50,000,000
>>> languages on the unix platform.
>>> 
>>> However, having RPG on Unix (especially a free Unix like Linux or
>>> FreeBSD) would be a big boon to people who want to run something
>>> like this at HOME...
>>> 
>>> Its nearly impossible to get an AS/400 at home, unless you've got
>>> huge amounts of cash to invest in it.  :)
>>> 
>>> Of course, the big problem with having a really good RPG compiler
>>> on a Unix machine (again, especially a free one like Linux) is that
>>> a company could set up a Unix machine on their LAN, move all their
>>> existing applications over, and get rid of the old AS/400.  This
>>> is why I doubt IBM will ever write a compiler for Linux.
>>> 
>>> On the other hand, though, theres something to be said for making
>>> RPG a more mainstream language.   I mean -- lets face it -- its
>>> almost completely unknown outside of the IBM Midrange arena.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Joep Beckeringh" <joepb@tip.nl> wrote:
>>> > > Of all the people who program for Linux (and other Unix
>>> > > compatible OS/s), how many would choose RPG over other
>>> > > languages currently available on those systems?  A port
>>> > > may make RPG more accessible, but would Linux hackers
>>> > > use it?
>>> > >
>>> > > Cheers!  Hans
>>> >
>>> > Well, if only you could make them believe it's a really 
>>> cool languag
>>> >  :-)
>>> >
>>> > Joep Beckeringh
>>> >
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