RE: RPG is Dead? Say it aint so!

no, because ILE, which C, C++ and RPG are based on, does not know managed

code like .NET and Java.
Java knows managed code? If you are talking about J#, I am sure it does,
but that isn't Java. Nor is RPG.NET the same or even similar to RPG. The
differences are at the syntax level, but in the end it is still .NET with
all of it's limitations (i.e. one platform runtime).

Steve I think you need to define managed code and then relate it to ILE on
i5OS. I think you will find that i5OS ILE has advantages that managed code
does not (e.g. you DON'T have to all compile down to the same 'sil' code but
instead the language 'interfacing' is offered as a means to the same end).

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:28 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: RPG is Dead? Say it aint so!

On 6/21/07, Cassidy, Alan <CassidyA@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Please, say it aint so!

It ain't so. Not according to George Farr - who as the IBMer in
charge of

that whole arena should probably know!

_____"RPG is dead"? Have we heard this before?

But on the subject, can it be much harder to cut-and-paste the UI from

EGL, _if_ it works okay for EGL?

OR, tie in some such routines "under the covers" like they surely have to

do in their C or C++ or whatever they're using to code the compilers?

no, because ILE, which C, C++ and RPG are based on, does not know managed
code like .NET and Java. The fact that the same IBMers in charge now, like
Farr and Herring, missed the managed code wave that MSFT caught in 2000 is a
testament to how poorly IBM is managed. You cant expect people who have been
making mistakes of this magnitude the last 8 yrs to finally get things
right.

-Steve
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