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Aaron,

I assume Henrik is saying that the Javascript *syntax* ought to be allowable
as a valid *syntax* for free-format RPG - not that we could actually code
Javascript itself into RPG.

I can see that this could be a good thing - being able to code procedures in
a familiar (to a web programmer) syntax would be nice. The resulting source
would be compiled into a normal RPG *MODULE object.

Basically, it's much easier to take a Javascript programmer and get them
comfortable with RPG if they can use a syntax that they are used to...

Rory

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

I am having a hard time grasping what you are saying, but if you are
talking about doing Javascript in-line in an RPG source member, then I
still think it is a terrible idea for not only RPG but any server side
language including JSP, ASP, etc. Sure that works well for quick and
dirty pages, but it doesn't take long for the need to migrate away
from such an approach because it introduces leaky layers and
dependancy on a particular UI technology. For example, how long with
Sencha (fka ExtJS) hold the top spot on the Javascript client front?
Not forever, that is for sure. So in turn you wouldn't want ExtJS
Javascript code to be resident in your server side RPG code.

But maybe I am still not following you...

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


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