This is a great move. AS/400, now IBM i, is a workhorse known for going practically years without any serious problems and good overall architecture (for its time lol). You set them up, code your apps, launch the stuff, and they just keep going and going and going. Now, they've added to their all-in-one, largely-self-managing system the Python language with its easy maintenance, reliability, and productivity. Fits ri…
From the job ad earlier: > Some P/A's will take a rotating weekly shift to monitor the nightly job process to ensure no program errors interfere with the completion of any jobs running off hours.
Basically, what cloud and SOA's are trying to achieve these days. Not there yet, but at least they're innovating. And some use interfaces and languages that aren't horrible. :)