RE: Time to get serious

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Brad Stone
> 
> Doesn't native I/O (read, chain, etc) use SQL down in the
> bowels of the system anyhow?

Not for everything.  Certainly not for single record CHAINs.


> Dynamic SQL for some
> applications is much more powerful and easier to use than
> native I/O (in RPG programs).

I said SQL is good for some things. 


> To me, it sounds like you are trying to market for your
> gain here.  :)  Don't take that the wrong way.  I agree
> with it, but it's sort of weighted to one of your
> solutions, isn't it?

This is baseless and a tad offensive.  You can use embedded SQL and
PSC/400 will work fine.


> What language was designed to format HTML?  Can't be the
> big "J".  Unless you're taking their old marketing and
> turning it around on them.  I'd never thought of Java as a
> language designed to format HTML.  But many have tried to
> use that as a reason to move to it.  :)

Java was designed to run in cable converter boxes, if you want to get
specific about it.  Then it was redefined as a Web serving language.  It
took several releases before you could even run it outside of a browser.


Joe