RE: IBM pushing Java

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Remember that generally vendors will not support user-modified source
code, even if you have purchased the source.

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com
[mailto:david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com]
                Sent:   Tuesday, March 23, 1999 9:37 AM
                To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
                Subject:        RE: IBM pushing Java

                Roger Boucher <RBoucher@stanpac.com> wrote:

                >If there was a tool that would take the RPG IV and
                >convert it back to RPG III so you could compare it to
the vendor's
                >new code... This can make switching to RPG IV
unreasonable.

                What's wrong with running the vendor's new version
through the same
                converter and comparing that with your modified version?

                >I can appreciate the predicament that Terry is in. I am
huge fan of
                >RPG IV, but would take the same position as Terry does
for  their
                >situation.

                There are a lot of us in the same situation, possibly a
large majority. We
                may also be using productivity aids such as J.D.
Edwards' case tool.
                There's not much point in running the output from that
through the
                converter IMO.

                Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.


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