Re: C coding

Marc Hunter <marc-G5HfMHItY0AlJZD/[email protected]>
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We do a lot of C++ coding and primarily benefit from its 
cross-compilability between with windows and Linux (if you do it in a 
disciplined fashion).  It also allows us to leverage existing tools and 
skill sets across the organization.  We even use it for a fair bit of 
database access as we've wrapped the SQL api's into a nice reusable 
object.  That said - most of the coding in our department is 'tools' coding.

HTH,

Marc


On 2/10/2014 2:45 PM, Buck Calabro wrote:
> On 2/10/2014 4:59 PM, frank kolmann wrote:
>
>> So I am prompted to ask, is anyone doing serious coding in C on the AS400.
>> And if so what is the application and more interesting to me what style of
>> C code is being used?
> I have C code in production that I used for ASN.1 serialise/deserialise
> operations.  Also, for socket operations.  Both of these are wrappered
> so that ILE RPG programs can call the functions.
>
> Today I'm not sure I'd recommend using C for sockets; there are plenty
> of RPG examples these days (thanks Scott!)  But there are some
> programming chores which C works well for, AND for which one can find
> examples on the web.
>
> Generally speaking, I do all my IBM i database work in RPG.  I'd use C
> for tool / interface type work.  At home I use C to program PIC
> microprocessors; another chore that uses no database.  ish.
>    --buck

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