Re: RPG on Rails was-> RE: CGI vs JSP...

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm with you, Aaron.  And have wished this for a long time
(but didn't have a nice example of how to express it.. )

Instead of these %bifs that we all fight over, copy the
useful libraries other languages have so we do as well.

Then make an RPG VM and sell it to run on any platform.  :)

Brad


On Tue, 16 May 2006 09:44:39 -0500
 "albartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I have a dream, that one day IBM will not create another
> language <cough>
> Net.Data <cough> EGL and instead realize the gold mine of
> existing devotees
> in the RPG arena. That one day we could see changes to
> the RPG compiler that
> would give it enough of a facelift to get it immediate
> attention similar to
> what Ruby On Rails is getting
> (http://www.rubyonrails.org/) with its ease of
> use and productivity minded infrastructure.  Once IBM
> grasps the reality
> that RPG could in fact play a "popular role" in iSeries
> application
> development, they will be set to beat Microsoft at their
> own game (e.g.
> platform dependant languages that are well integrated).
> 
> Next generation of RPG... "RPG on Rails"
> 
> Dreaming in color,
> Aaron Bartell
> 
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