Re: RPG compiler for Windows survey

On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Bob Cozzi (RPGIV) wrote:
>
> So my questions are:
>
> A)    Are you interested in having RPGIII and RPG IV available as a
> compiled language/development environment on the PC under Windows?
> (YES/NO)

No, not Windows.     On Linux, maybe... if it was open source for Linux so
that I could port it to FreeBSD, I'd be happy. :)

> B)    Are you willing to pay for such a compiler/development
> environment out of your own pocket? (YES/NO)

No.  Why would I want an RPG compiler for myself?  My company would be
interested if it was well designed, and the price wasn't outrageous.

> C)    Regardless of whether or not your are willing to pay for it out
> of your own pocket, what is the highest amount you would be willing to
> pay for a pretty good, RPGIII, RPGIV and DDS compiler than allowed your
> generate PC-based applications and provided source code compatibility
> with the AS/400 compiler?

That really depends on exactly what it would do for me, and how the
licensing worked.

Really, there's no point in an RPG compiler for my PC, unless it's
compatible with the OS/400 compiler.   What I'd really like is the ability
to easily convert many of my applications from the AS/400 to run on a PC.

Then people could telnet into the PC, just as they currently do with the
AS/400, and run these applications.

Doing this on Windows would just be ludicrous!  FreeBSD is my preferred
operating system (though, Linux would be my next choice) and it does a
much better job of this sort of thing.  It's designed from the ground up
to allow people to telnet in and run apps.

If I'm going to re-write the apps, anyway, I don't need an RPG compiler.
I can do them in C in Perl or if I was really desperate, Java.