RE: Is RPG available on any other platform ? -- RPG400-L

>Aaron, what RPG limitation are you thinking about when you write "so please
>correct me if you are not held to any of RPG's limitations,..."?

The whole "RPG doesn't have OO" debate that we chewed on about two months
ago.  There are so many other options in other languages out there that RPG
doesn't have that I am not quite sure where to start.  Overriding, ability
to create your own data types, the ability to instantiate an object, the
list could go on. . .

Not to mention that the RPG GUI editor is a couple years behind the rest of
the IDE's out there.  Don't get me wrong, I am very thankful for CODE (I
haven't tried the other GUI RPG editors) but it is definitely lacking.


>The learning curve for new employees on many green screen applications is
>just too frustrating today.

This is also the reason I have heard in my company. . .

Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Booth Martin [mailto:Booth@MartinVT.com]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:30 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Is RPG available on any other platform ?


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One release behind??  That means you can do most everything right now except
Freeform C-specs.   Just out of curiosity, how current is your iSeries?




I see very few places making changes for appearance alone.  The most common
reason I see is management's desire for good GUI design for user training.
The learning curve for new employees on many green screen applictions is
just too frustrating today.



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-------Original Message-------

From: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Date: Monday, December 30, 2002 19:37:02
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Is RPG available on any other platform ?

"...Sure, we have
VARPG...but what release level is it at? VARPG has (in the past) lagged
green-screen RPG by at least one release; I don't know how close it is to
V5R1 today.

Just give me my externally-defined HTML and I'll be happy...

-reeve


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:24 PM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Is RPG available on any other platform ?

...
**note** I am not a VB programmer, nor am I a ASNA's Visual RPG programmer
so please correct me if you are not held to any of RPG's limitations, but I
am guessing you are because of the fact that RPG is in the name.

... .

One thing that I have found to be interesting is that some people's reason
for going GUI isn't for additional functionality but instead for looks.
YIKES!!

Aaron Bartell
Mankato, MN
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