Re: XML and AS/400

["Phil Hall" <hallp@xxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

: Why would RPG have a problem?  Sure, you'd need to use the apis to
read an
: IFS file, but that isn't so bad.
:
: Anyhow, hopefully one would buy a translator.  Parsing XML has to be
worse
: that X.12.  And while I'd love the challenge, I can think of better
things
: to do with my time. :)

If you use XML, at some point you'll be parsing - there's no getting
away from it. Currently RPG will have a problem because the C++ XML
parser for the AS/400 is going to be fairly difficult to interface
yourself with RPG.

If IBM port/or create a C version and create some *SRVPGMS from it
(I've done it for a small free source C version) than access from
ILE/RPG will be almost instant (just the prototypes to map to
ILE/RPG).

But currently RPG has a problem...

--phil

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