Re: managed code was: RPG is Dead? Say it aint so!

Oh boy... you are laboring under a few ideas that a little more scope might
help clear up.
"Managed Code" by definition is not what you think it is; Managed code is
simply code that is managed by an execution environment, and that can be a .NET
language environment, a JIT compiler, an intrepted language, or -- OS/400,
i5OS, etc. Note that OS/400 does NOT run on the "native chip" driving the
machine, and your RPG program does not compile to PowerPC instructions.
Now, an managed environment can do things like type checking - if it undestands
what the COMPILER did.
Type checking, array bounds and other limit checking are all available in many
languages, and in fact, do not depend upon the underlying execution
environment, at least not as much as you might think. C for instance, is a fine
example of a language that lets you step on your own toes; C++ tries to keep
you from tripping over your own shoes, but Algo derived langs, like Pascal,
Modula-2, and especially Ada are languages that are processor and environment
neutral, and do everything that .NET does for you that way.
And the 400 does an awful lot for you that way, in fact, creating exactly what
you define as "managed code."
The term was usurped by nefarious MS engineers wanting to show they came up
with "something new", but the idea and even the execution are anything but.
What do they teach in CompSci classes nowadays? I thought compiler theory was
still one of the basics. ?
-Paul