RE: RPG vs. Java vs. C++

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Brian Piotrowski
> 
> Does anyone have any data or performance metrics (or better yet,
links!)
> they could share to give me an idea on how a Java app would perform on
> an AS/400 vs. a C++ app. Vs. an RPG app?

While I can't comment on your particular instance, in general (and this
is on just about nay platform), a compiled language will typically
outperform Java.  As far as the iSeries-AS/400 is concerned, because RPG
and the database are so tightly linked, it is almost impossible to write
business applications in any language that outperform well-written RPG
code.

I can't say whether C++ might somehow outperform RPG, but unless
somebody shows me an example, I'm going to guess that RPG would win.

Joe