Re: V6R1 Info

["Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 30, 2008 2:22 PM, Aaron Bartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I think the language should be less like RPG and more in tune with Java.
> (
> RPG
> > threading and elimination of the RPG cycle is great news. Would like to
> know
> > if RPG programs can now be called recursively. )
>
> RPG has had recursion for more years than I have been with the platform.
> Guessing it came in V3R1 when ILE came.


I just checked. I think you are right ;)


> Java has good and bad parts.


what are the bad parts? My answer would be that you cant use it to write a
green screen program. If it could, shops would have a migration path away
from RPG.


>   Hopefully RPG will only ever take on the good
> parts.  Multi-thread safe holds some nice possibilities for scaling
> client/server programming.  Maybe we should build and starting coining the
> term "RPG App Server"  :-)


check out this video for a tiny sliver of what MSFT is doing on the language
front. It is about extensions being added to .NET languages which allow each
iteration of a for each loop to be run in parallel, on as many threads as
the hardware can run simultaneously. I love the idea of IBM competing and
improving RPG. They have to spend the investment money which matches the
competition.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=375042

-Steve