Just so there's no confusion, there have been many enhancements to COBOL
in recent releases.

As for the original question -- there is no general answer. Language
selection must be done on a case by case basis. But there is certainly no
reason to convert from COBOL to RPG based on the volume of traffic
observed in these mailing lists. Both are excellent languages for the
development of System i based applications.

Bruce Vining




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That would be the direction I would go in. RPG is being enhanced, etc
were COBOL is pretty much stagnant. If I recall correctly the only
thing that has happened in recent history is that it was made available
for ILE environment changes.


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ruthirapathi,
Arulanandham
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:20 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RPG/COBOL/C

Hello all,

Where does COBOL and C stands when compare to RPG. I see more
discussions on RPG. Do you think we need to suggest our clients to
convert from COBOL to RPG?

- Arul

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of derek gonsalves
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:25 PM
To: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Validate Data library name


Hi

I have a program wherein the user enters the data library name on the
screen, and the company name. Now I first need to validate if the
library is
a valid AS400 library and if yes then i need to validate the company
number
from the company master file present in that data library.
Any suggestions on how this can be handled??

Thanks in advance
Derek


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