Re: Open Access to be generally available as part of the RPG compiler

On Feb 1, 2012, at 3:26 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

... because it introduces includes, classes and methods to the common RPG programmer just like in JAVA C and other languages.

And may I point out that RPG OA is very much like ICF programming and I don't think you can find 1 % RPG programmers that actual can make a ICF program.

I really don't want to disagree with you Henrik but all this really proves is that you are not the target audience. But then we knew that before you wrote.

The target audience is RPGers who don't want to have to learn all the various APIs etc. they want to be able to be able to do it as easily as they can handle a 5250 screen or a printer file or ...

Instead of sniping why don't you write some handlers that interface with your web, xml, web service, etc. tooling and make it _easier_ for others to do the things you do so well. Of course OA won't make it easier to do these things by itself - but people like Look, Profound and Asna have all proved it can be done.

And the ICF bit - please - give me a break.


Jon Paris

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