RE: [WDSCI-L] (no subject)

["Mike Troxclaire" <mike_troxclaire@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, we are going to translate all our RPG programs into Java programs and 
that is what "Translation" means. We will be using a third party tool which 
will take our RPG code and convert it into Java code. Hope that makes things 
a little bit clearer. Sorry, if I am not being clear.


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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Mike Troxclaire
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:31 PM
> >
> > Thanks a lot Charles. That solves my 'Hello World' problem, I
> > surmise.:-).
> > Well, this is the situation...I am a Java programmer and there ours is a
> > pure AS400 shops where lots of programs are written in RPG and we
> > are moving
> > towards Java and we will be going through a translation project
> > in a year or
> > so and in the mean time I need to understand RPG so that when
> > those programs
> > get converted into Java I need to understand the Logic behind those RPG
> > programs so as to make sure that no garbage is coming out into
> > Java classes.
> > Well, please let me know if that gives you any idea of the problem I am
> > in...if not I will be glad to elaborate. Thanks a bunch for the 
> response.
>
> <Cloud of doom casts pall over ... Wait!  That was one heckuva run-on
> sentence!>
>
> Ahem.  The simple, wide-open question:  Does your boss have any idea what
> s/he's doing?
>
> Before I jump to conclusions, how about a little more detail?  What is the
> "translation project"?  Are you moving off the AS/400?  If so, to what?
>
> db
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