WorksOfBarry
Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993
on Friday February 16, 2024 @10:33AM (#39398372)
combine that with [1] and you're set for development
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=HalcyonT...
IBM I: The Most Amazing IBM Product You’ve Never Heard Of
Re:Getting an IBM AS/400 Midrange Computer on the Internet
on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:01AM (#18908965)
I am using this system (IBM i) daily. Mostly supporting clients who want to run Node.js (or some other open source package) on there system.
I also maintain a basic IDE for writing code on this OS (replacement for SEU, which was used in the article) and IBM also supply Rational Developer for i.
- https://github.com/WorksOfBarry/ILEditor - https://www.ibm.com/uk-en/marketplace/rational-developer-for...
The OS gets one or two large patches a year, but generally not many new 'features'. I've done and still do my fair share of RPG and ILE C on this system too.
Re:It’s COBOL all the way down
on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @10:23AM (#16977132)
There is documentation for the MI instructions, but that generates an OPM program and not an ILE program on IBM i. Sadly the TIMI isn't really documented anywhere - as well as ILE.
I have written an RPG3 interpreter with all the Record Level Access operations working on a noDb/flatfile in C#, but lost the source after replacing a hard disk. I have also tried writing a RPG4+ (only free format) compiler for .NET, but it started getting tricky when starting to write the RLA operations because they relied on a database. I have the code still, but it's ugly so I never released it.
Would be a fun project, for sure. Not enough hours in the day.
Ask HN: Is anyone using AvalonEdit for commercial purposes?
I have recently incorporated it into my spare-time project over a more basic editor and it's turning out to be a great piece of kit.Is anyone else using it in their production apps?
Ask HN: Is anyone using Watson in their business?
Analytics, or language, or anything Watson
Re:Release of GnuCOBOL 2.2
on Friday September 08, 2017 @04:22AM (#15198687)
Which of course comes with a COBOL compiler too!
Re:Ask HN: How did you find your great side project idea?
on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:22PM (#14964366)
My first long term project (greatest yet) started in January this year. It's an extension to Notepad++ which makes into a lightweight IDE - sort of.
The reason it was created is because the only stable option for developing on this specific platform was to buy an IDE from IBM. My goal is to provide a free option to developers.
This project only started because I couldn't afford the IBM product.
Re:Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in...
on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:35PM (#13312263)
For the last 2.5 years I've been doing RPG - both the newer free form and older fixed. I can imagine I'll be doing it a lot more within the next year also. A lot of people give it hate, but it's a pretty simple language after you use it a lot.
It's possible I will start to write C++ also.
Re:Ask HN: You've got one month, what's your challenge?
on Saturday November 05, 2016 @11:10PM (#12883271)
I'm gonna spend a lot of the month working on my git client for IBM i.
New features, documentation and feedback
Re:Ask HN: Do you use an old or 'unfashionable' programming language?
on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @03:08AM (#11025340)
I use RPGLE on AS/400|IBMi machines on a daily basis
Re:Ask HN: Do you use an old or 'unfashionable' programming language?
on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @03:08AM (#11025336)
You are the only person in this thread to mention RPG. :-)