RE: (no subject)

The only thing I can add is that RPG is married to the database on the
400.  It has some "anti-competitive" advantages over other languages in
the AS/400 environment.

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On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:09 PM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: RE: [WDSCI-L] (no subject)

> From: Mike Troxclaire
> 
> 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.

Mike, please, please, PLEASE ask the powers that be in your company to
contact someone about this business decision.  I for one would be
perfectly happy to just chat with them about the reasons for staying
with RPG as opposed to rewriting everything in Java.

Aaron's company is currently implementing a Java interface to their
business logic, as are other companies.  They are finding it far more
productive to leverage their existing code rather than trying to rewrite
the entire system from scratch.

Please, let your bosses know there are alternatives!

Joe

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