On 25 Nov 1995, Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Short and sweet, (unlike some other replies). if the goal is porting a >significant number of programs to a new machine, it is probably easier >to get somebody to write a RPG compiler for the new machine than translate. > >End of my two cents worth. > >NMD To which I'll add (just to make sure no one gets the wrong idea!)... I suspect Nick knows, (and thus did not mean his statement to be read this way) that the HP3000 _does_ have an RPG compiler. So if the programs are being moved to the HP3000, there is no need to _write_ a compiler. My sense of the original posting was that they simply wanted to switch languages for some reason, but were not necessarily changing boxes. -dll David L. Largent "My thoughts are my own, Information Services Manager unless I choose to share them!" The Gilbert Companies, Inc. Phone: 317/284-4461 P.O. Box 1032 Facs: 317/288-2079 Muncie, Indiana 47308-1032 Email: [log in to unmask]