RE: Required products for a new i user?

[Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

the compilers are bundled together but in v6.1 of the OS there's 2 
separate bundles "Heritage" and ILE compilers.  the Heritage compiler 
contains the OPM compilers (RPG, COBOL,C,C++,CLP) the ILE compilers are 
the ILE versions of the same.  RPG on the i is nothing like on a 
mainframe....IIRC RPG II is the only flavor on the mainframe (never worked 
with mainframe but have looked it up once upon a time so it may have 
changed).  but the pricing on the compilers isn't that bad anyway. someone 
mentioned X-Analysis...i prefer Hawkeye personally, even though Z-Analysis 
provides all of the GUI goodness it's far overpriced and you have to pay 
extra for add-ons that are part of the base package of Hawkeye.  (Hawkeye 
does have a GUI tool but it's still in it's infancy IMO)...

if you do go to RPG i'd recommend moving straight into free-format RPG and 
using ILE concepts.  it will be to your advantage, if you have to face the 
learning curve why learn the "old" methodology and syntax??  just my 2 
coppers

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



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John,

Many of us HAVE worked with COBOL in a former life.  Those who have worked 

with modern RPG would not often go back.  (Although the COBOL support for 
xml did inspire a few to load the compiler back on.)

Rob Berendt