Re: DIM question (Was MOVE/MOVEL and %Scan)

Joe Pluta wrote:

> > Many RPG programmers would like to be able to port their apps to
> > other operating systems.  But matching the semantics of RPG's
> > database operations to databases on other systems is not easy.
> > The inability to easily port business applications written in
> > RPG is a major impediment to more widespread adoption of the
> > language.
>
> Your client base doesn't care about porting their applications, Hans.  This
> is the red herring mantra I hear over and over.  "It doesn't port well."
> Most people don't want to port thweir applications, Hans.  If your goal is
> to turn RPG into some hybrid changeling that can run on a Windows box, then
> I truly fear for the future of the language, and the future of the platform.

Bingo.  Neither me nor my company has any interest in any hardware to
run our business than an AS/400 (I mean iSeries).  IBM just doesn't get
it.  What I fear most is IBM being so focused on this stuff ("porting"
"open") that IBM itself will kill the iSeries.  And when it happens, IBM
will say "See, we told you so" completely oblivious to that fact they
did it themselves.

My business is not running computers, it's running my business.  When
the iSeries disappears, I will find another line of work.  Why?  Because
I haven't heard of any other computer system besides the iSeries that
let's me focus on my business instead of running computers.

--
-Jeff

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.