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

The way to get the host name is to save it when you originally connect to
it.

Bob Cozzi

http://www.RPGIV.com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Scott Klement
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 1:15 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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