RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But with something like Linux, couldn't those just be written into the
operating system?

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John P Carr [mailto:jpcarr@tredegar.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 2:39 PM
>>> To: RPG400-L
>>> Subject: Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Scott Klement said;
>>> <SNIP>
>>> > 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.
>>> <SNIP>
>>> 
>>> I made the "Now that we have 'CF' will we get RPG on Linux" 
>>>  statement as a
>>> joke.
>>> The reason you won't see RPG on other platforms is that 80% of what 
>>> you like about RPG has nothing to do with the language,  
>>> It's really OS/400.
>>> Things like;
>>> 
>>> Error handling (*PSSR, etc)
>>> Chains, Reade's Readpe's, etc (you might get embedded SQL 
>>> as your only I/O)
>>> Program status D/S
>>> File Info D/S
>>> NO workstation files.
>>> Externally Defined D/S's
>>> etc
>>> etc
>>> 
>>> John Carr
>>> 
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