RE: The future of RPG (was DIM question)

["Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Why doesn't the compiler make the port?  I believe its the famous "W" code
that makes the whole idea of ILE work in the first place?  If I understood
the concept of ILE it was that there'd be a top and a bottom of the work
file.  The bottom would fit the various hardware platforms but have a common
top side.  The compilers would write the top, so all the various languages
at the top side would all compile to a common bottom interface.

Now... if the iseries and pseries hardware is able to merge... why can't we
compile directly to either the iSeries or the pSeries?




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Booth Martin
MartinB@Goddard.edu
802-454-8315 x235
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-------Original Message-------

From: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Date: Monday, March 11, 2002 04:20:55 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: The future of RPG (was DIM question)

The results of a survey I did on RPG IV being ported to Linux/UNIX can
be found on

http://mcpressonline.com/mc?13@46.Rb0KaFGTk9T^78302@.3d8a57b5

69% of those responding said "YES RPG should be ported to Linux/Unix
platforms".

Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
Visit the on-line Midrange Developer forum at: http://www.rpgiv.com


> -----Original Message-----

> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]

On
> Behalf Of Jon Paris

> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:41 PM

> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com

> Subject: The future of RPG (was DIM question)

>

> >> I don't know what's taking them so long ...

>

> Well for one thing they're working on a major upgrade to the tools and

> retrofitting XP install to the old version wouldn't do a thing for the

> myriad of CD sets out there. That's one of the problems of shipping

on a
> "burnt" media. As to why it didn't install correctly out of the box -

well
> in the past MS have played silly buggers with regard to allowing IBM

access
> to the beta programs. This may well have still be the case.

>

> Jon Paris

> Partner400

>

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