Re: EGL vs. Java

[Thierry Bernard <thierry.mr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

They're not separating the compilers by language, but instead along ILE 
vs non-ILE ("heritage" compilers). So you can buy, for each developer, 
either or both sets of compiler.

Mark S. Waterbury wrote:
> Hi, everyone:
>
> If they are going to charge separately for SEU, then, dare I ask, is IBM 
> about to revert to charging separately for each compiler? (ILE RPG IV, 
> ILE COBOL, ILE C, ILE C++, and so on)? :-o
>
> If so, this is indeed a SAD DAY for the platform, because this will mean 
> that many shops will only pay for one compiler (usually RPG) that they 
> "need" and then they will not be able to take advantage of what little 
> open-source stuff is out there now for i5/OS ... much of it is written in C.
>
> I hope IBM would at least continue to "bundle" all of the ILE compilers 
> for one price.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mark S. Waterbury
>