steve@p4tustin.UUCP (Steve C. Moritsugu) (02/06/91)
I would like to move about 2000 programs from an IBM 36/38 to a RISC/os system. Does anyone out there know any RPG compilers running under MIPS? -- Steve Moritsugu, Customer Support voice: (714) 259-0777 POINT 4 Data Corporation fax: (714) 259-0921 15442 Del Amo Avenue e-mail: steve@point4.com Tustin, CA 92680-6465 uunet!p4tustin!steve
davecb@yunexus.YorkU.CA (David Collier-Brown) (02/06/91)
steve@p4tustin.UUCP (Steve C. Moritsugu) writes: | I would like to move about 2000 programs from an IBM 36/38 | to a RISC/os system. Does anyone out there know any RPG compilers | running under MIPS? Well, no. Not that you can't port one, but the cost and effort might be prohibitive... Many many years ago I had to write some RPG II, and if faced with doing the same today, I'd do one of three things: 1) find a translation house (they'll put it into COBOL) 2) write a mini-compiler into a language Mips already has, or 3) semi-manually translate the programs. The latter doesn't take a lot of skill, just good judgment, lots of planning and a willingness to make many misteaques. I'd discuss that approach for a bit: Given that RPG is a Report Program Generator, I'd recommend analyzing the RPG data file layouts carefully and writing some simple scripts to produce the critical information your company needs from them. For a language, use (new) awk, the unix scanning-and-reporting language (ie, **our** RPG). Then analyze the whole system and ask the customers what they need first. Finally, write the required functions. If you also lack a database and a 4gl, you're still probably best off with awk. If you have a database, speak nicely to your vendor. --dave refs: Aho, Kernighan and Weinberger, ``The AWK Programming Language'', Reading, Mass (Addison-Wesley) 1988. Spencer, Henry, ``Awk as a <serious? system?> Programming Language'', last month's usenix proceedings. -- David Collier-Brown, | davecb@Nexus.YorkU.CA | lethe!dave 72 Abitibi Ave., | Willowdale, Ontario, | Even cannibals don't usually eat their CANADA. 416-223-8968 | friends.
gah@arnor.uucp (02/07/91)
Not wanting to seem biased or changing the direction of the question... there was/is RPG-II for the IBM RT and you might look into its availability for the RISC System/6000. -- g
khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) (02/07/91)
LPI nee Liant has a suite of compilers, including RPG, available on
several platforms. Try 408 236 2202.
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Mountain View, CA 94043trevc@moosehead.mips.com (Trevor Cotton) (02/09/91)
In article <1991Feb6.161613.26807@arnor.uucp>, gah@arnor.uucp writes: > Not wanting to seem biased or changing the direction of the question... > there was/is RPG-II for the IBM RT and you might look into its availability > for the RISC System/6000. > -- > g Software Ireland used to do RPG for RISC/os. Try calling them on +44 232 247433
rogerk@mips.com (Roger B.A. Klorese) (03/23/91)
In response to earlier requests about RPG:
Universal Software in Irvine announced a package called Open UX/36, which
includes an RPG II/RPG III/RPG 400 compiler. Contact them at (714) 851-8021.
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