Re: native PHP in V5R4???

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23/02/2006, at 8:51 AM, Walden H. Leverich wrote:

> I'm not sure about PHP, but I know IBM's position on PASE in general is
> that if it runs under PASE it is "native" to OS/400. I know what you're
> saying, but what's the point of making something more native than PASE?
> DNS runs in PASE and we all say that the i5 can run DNS, right?

I don't necessarily mind PASE being used to facilitate code running. 
What I object to strongly is so-called "native" applications that when 
run on OS/400 still look like Unix shite.

I don't want to install using a poxy shell script. I want RSTLICPGM.

I don't want to have to configure using a text file. I want a proper 
CFGxxxx command.

I don't want to have to start QP2TERM or QSHELL to interact with the 
application. I want a proper and complete set of XPF** commands.

I don't want to lose command prompting (what's the syntax of 'insert 
Unix command here' again?).

I don't want to lose help text (where's my browser window? where's 
InfoCenter? where did they hide the 'insert Unix command here' 
description in this release? What's -k mean again and how is that 
different from -K?).

I don't want to lose message help and second-level text. Try pressing 
F1 on a shell error message and see how far you get.

I don't want to have to remember that -a on one Unix command is 
different from -a on another Unix command. XPF command objects are 
sooooo much better than anything out of Unix or WinDOS.

dostuff -gQxpHh-alt-left-shift-handstand ... give me a break!

Dressing Unix shite up with an OpsNav front-end doesn't cut it either:
        a) It forces me use Windows shite.
	b) It's as slow as wet week (click, type, click, type, click type... 
one thing at a time).
        c) It's no more "native" than QSHELL or QP2TERM.
        d) It makes me use the world's worst OS to manage the world's best.

The only good thing to come from a Unix shell is the ability to pipe 
output from one command into another. If that's sooo great it could be 
added to the XPF command processor.

If a vendor can't be bothered to make their application look like it 
belongs on XPF when porting it I can't be bothered buying it. And what 
level of XPF support do you think you'll get from a vendor who can't be 
bothered making a native port? You're running OS what?

**I'm going to use the IBM acronym for the OS product to avoid clumsy 
OS/400/i5/OS statements.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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