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- From: hphilips@epix.net (Harry Philips)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: AS400 and C
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 21:40:06 GMT
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- In article <DLLM8u.G2A@inter.NL.net>, E.H.Terwiel@inter.NL.net (E.H. Terwiel (Erik)) says:
-
- >My boss is thinking of making me develop tech software on an AS400.
- >There seems to be a C compiler on the thing , called C400.
- >
- >Does anyone have experience with this ?
-
- A small amount before I retired at YE 1991.
-
- >How is it compared to working with PC compilers like Microsofts and
- >Borlands. stuff.
-
- C/400 will be closer to a strict ANSI C compiler than either Borland
- or Microsoft. For example, none of the BIOS call stuff will be there.
- There is no BIOS on the AS/400. The AS/400 operating system is not
- Unix either, so you needent look to hard for things like read() and
- write().
-
- >I built some stuff in AS400's BASIC (disastrous), working with SEU to
- >get in the sourses.
-
- I never liked SEU either. You can bypass that by doing what I did --
- use PC Support and enter your source on your PC with the editor of your
- choice. You can even compile to eliminate syntax errors, etc. on the
- PC. Then use PC Support to upload the SOURCE to the AS/400 and compile
- there. With a little practice, most of your source will be identicle
- on both platforms. Some, notably I/O stuff, will be unique for each
- system.
-
-
- >Is C400 an ANSI compiler ?
-
- Yes.
-
- >Are there good IO-screen libraries ?
-
- There wasn't much in 1991. There may be some now and there may be third
- party libraries. You might ask these questions in the Midrange Fido echo
- if you can find access somewhere.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- Cheers,
-
-
- Harry
-
-