Re: *** ADMIN: EGL vs. <anything> == Off Topic -- REVERSAL

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Klement wrote:
> Surely, EGL vs. <OTHER TECHNOLOGY> is 
> always a web-related topic, and therefore more appropriate for WEB400 
> than Midrange-L?
>   
While I know you don't like hearing about EGL, Scott, I do have to 
respond to this.

EGL is not limited to web development.  EGL can be used to build batch 
applications that run on the i, or even 5250 applications.  It can even 
create platform-independent thick-client applications, although I don't 
think a lot of resources are being spent there.

In fact, EGL is the only language I know that can generate applications 
that run in the browser, in a web application server, on a desktop, and 
in 5250 or batch on the i.

So while in the previous context we were indeed discussing web 
development, it's potentially possible to talk about using EGL to, for 
example, write applications that run in batch on the System i and 
consume web services.  This would be in contrast to writing such code in 
Java or RPG.

Joe