Why Native?

Purpose

This page provides summary comparisons between the IBM i "native" virtual machine environment (command line, integrated database, integrated language environment, work management, and so forth) versus other runtime environments (Java & Microsoft .Net) versus scripting environments (PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby). Each type of environment has advantages and disadvantages over the other; this page will delineate them.

Attributes	Native Virtual Machine (IBM i OS, ILE, etc.)	Other Virtual Machines (Java & .Net)	Scripting Environments (PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby)

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