RE: RPG.NET

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:58 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: RPG.NET

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Steve Richter wrote:
>
> >On the other hand, if you're going to write Windows-only PC software,
> >Visual Basic is a lot more mainstream, a lot more widely supported.
> >You'll find lots of add-ons for it (though, they probably also work with
> >RPG.NET)
>
> not true.  COM components can be referenced in a .NET project just like
they
> can in VB6.

Hmmm... I said "probably also work with RPG.NET" and you said "not true,
they work with .NET just like VB6"

Unless I'm crazy, we're saying the same thing?!


> >and lots of code examples for various things on the Internet.
>
> Microsoft's support for the .NET programmer thru its newsgroups is very
> good.  A programmer will get much better support working in .NET than in
> VB6.
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=microsoft.public.do
> tnet.languages.csharp

Please re-read my message.  I'm comparing VB.NET vs. RPG.NET, never tried
to bring VB6 into the discussion.

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okay, sorry.

fwiw, vb.net and c# have very little that differentiates them from each
other. With the CLI requirements that force .NET languages to implement
classes the same way and the .NET framework that both languages call out to
heavily, there is little reason to refer specifically to VB.NET. So whatever
it is that RPG.NET adds to the .NET world, the comparison that matters is
RPG.NET vs the .NET framework + the client access APIs.

when you posted:

>>On the other hand, if you're going to write Windows-only PC software,
>>Visual Basic is a lot more mainstream, a lot more widely supported.
>>You'll find lots of add-ons for it (though, they probably also work
>>with RPG.NET) and lots of code examples for various things on the
>>Internet. Though, it may be more difficult to integrate with an
>>iSeries.

by "Visual Basic" I assumed you meant VB6.  Do you agree?

Anyway, I think the more RPG people know about .NET the better.

-Steve