Re: CGI/COBOL

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

C APIs are usable in COBOL. I have not done CGI, but I have used the CEE
APIs extensively. They are essentially the same as RPG, just a different
syntax for the most part.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator

"The sum of all human knowledge is a fixed constant.
    It's the population that keeps growing!"

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Teff <joeteff@earthlink.net>
To: ign_list@IGNITE400.ORG <ign_list@IGNITE400.ORG>; MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
<MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:00 PM
Subject: CGI/COBOL


>I have coded CGI programs in RPG and I have coded Net.Data
>macros that called RPG programs. I seem to remember hearing that
>you can do the same in COBOL. Now I haven't coded in COBOL
>since 1978, but a friend was asking if this was possible. Has anyone
>coded to the C-APIs using COBOL? If so, is it any different than
>using RPG?
>
>TIA  -  Joe Teff
>
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