Why bother with BSP???

Howdy,
I'm an ABAP programmer and I can't understand what is the benefit of creating BSP pages?
Aren't they just a way of displaying a report in a web-browser, rahter than in SAP? If so, what is the big deal with that?
Why should our company use BSPs is probably the question that I am trying to ask and is there much f a future for it? For unlike JAVA or ABAP, BSPs are not core SAP technology, are they???

This is a topic that's come up quite often.
I would suggest you read this forum thread and all the attached links to weblogs.
;\ New BSP Weblogs
BSP's are ABAP and HTML mixed together and they are a lot more than just displaying a report. You'll see several great examples in the link mentioned above.

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thx

red_menace wrote:
RubyMotion is not a bridge or an interpreter or a wrapper, it is built directly on top of the Objective-C run time, so there isn't really a downside if Ruby is your thing.
Interesting. Do you know of any similar projects with different languages? RubyMotion looks cool, but only if, as you say, "Ruby is your thing". For me, it is just another syntax. Objective-C is just C with a few "@" characters and a lot of "[]", so why bother? Now if there was a Perl front-end, that would be interesting.
I found the following list of LLVM front-ends:
Here is a tutorial on building your own: http://gnuu.org/2009/09/18/writing-your-own-toy-compiler/
LLVM Projects page has more information: http://llvm.org/ProjectsWithLLVM/
Now, where am I going to find a BNF for Perl
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StewM wrote:
The new software is still in testing mode at this time. Hopefully by the time it is fully launched the bugs will be fixed and the features added back.
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Cool app, but I agree, this should be part of the iphone's built-in features. We shouldn't have to shell out an additional $19.95.
Notes should also be organized alphabetically, or at least have a preference to do so.
I came over from the Palm world also and used their version of "Notes" ("Memos") all the time. This should be one of Apple's top priorities for the iPhone IMHO, along with copy/paste (come on, it's a computer for crying out loud!), and a real data search function (For example: search "detroit" and get a list of calendar items, contacts, memos with "detriot" in entries.) This should also be included with the high price of admission.
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totally agree Jimmy shame branded phones often see and update before me with my unbranded simfree phone despite me paying extra and buying outright
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