RE: FW: IBM's RPG Strategy (was: Long Procedure Names)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Richter
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:15 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: FW: IBM's RPG Strategy (was: Long Procedure Names)
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:32:14 -0500, Jon Paris 
> <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > >> Follow the lead of Microsoft and develop a CLI specification that
> > enables modules written in C++, RPG and Java to be used 
> interchangeably.
> > 
> > Steve,
> > 
> > It already exists - it's called Java byte code - it's where 
> Microsoft stole
> > the idea for CLI.  Of course one could also say that Sun 
> stole the idea from
> > the S/38, AS/400, iSeries.
> 
> call it what you want, MS extended the idea so that languages with
> completely different memory models like C++ and Java could be used
> interchangeably. What MS did to make C++ an equal language in .NET was
> nothing short of outstanding.  The equivalent in ILE would be an RPG
> procedure instantiating a C++ or Java class and then calling member
> functions of that class.
> 

You do realize that RPGIV can instantiate a Java class and call member 
functions of that class already.



Charles