From AS/400 to iSeries to System i to IBM i on Power
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An old AS400 Quiz So, last night I was nosing around in the dim dark corners of an old network share on my homeserver. I stumbled across an old TXT document from the late 90’s, I think. It was sitting in a text file called “AS400 Quiz Brainteasers” -it’s obviously old (look at the as400 …
What is Legacy Code? I’ve always thought LEGACY it was the correct terminology for old fashioned RPG source code. For years I’ve been focused on refactoring old column based RPG “legacy” code into new “modern” RPGLE code. But it seems that I’ve been guilty of using the wrong words all this time. I just read …
ILE RPG (sometimes called RPG4) was the biggest change to the RPG programming language in recent years. What are the advantages of ILE in RPG? In RPG it is one step compilation (we will get *PGM object) while in ILE-RPG it is two step compilation (we have to create a *MODULE and then bind that …
YOUR IBM System is NOT an AS/400 YOUR IBM System is NOT an iSeries IBM stopped making the old AS400 in the 1990’s The iSeries came next and that ran for over ten years The current machine is an IBM Power System. The grandson of the AS400 YOUR IBM System is an IBM POWER SERVER …
Today, I was talking *techie* to a colleague in I.T. who still calls the IBMi Operating System – ‘The AS/400’. *sigh* We bumped over a few technology sleeping policemen during the conversation. Software is easy to upgrade. Mindsets are sometimes overlooked. This reminded me of the importance of keeping our skill sets current. If we …
IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Programming, RPG
The RPG Logic Cycle The RPG LOGIC CYCLE is the backbone of the old RPG programming language. It’s use has faded in recent years but it should still be known and understood by every modern RPG language Developer 😉 So, regardless of whether you want to code modern or *cough* old style…. Let’s see what …