Re: Why program in MI?

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think that learning to program in MI offers any real advantages. 

However, reading the docs and playing with a few of the built-in versions from RPG will teach you the kind of functionality it offers that go beyond RPG. I would never write an MI program - but I would (and have) called MI functions from RPG.

I think Bruce Vining's response covered this very well.


On 2014-07-21, at 10:07 AM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 7/18/2014 9:11 PM, John Smith wrote:
> > I was wondering why I should learn to program in MI.  
>
> I'm a simpleton, which exp,ains why I'm fascinated with these sorts of
> questions.  Why would you NOT learn to program in MI?
>
> > Is there stuff
> > that can be done with MI that can't be done with RPGLE?
>
> Can, can't, meh.
> There are problems for which MI is a better fit than RPG.
>  --buck
>
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