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Peter, I agree that ILE is ugaly and a problem to debug. But guess what - welcome to object oriented technology. Like it or not it is here. Reusability of objects means that there are lots of objects (bits of code) that can work great if they work great, and can be a real pain in the tail if they do not. We do a lot of work in OO stuff (Java, C++ etc.) and there are times when it is wonderful, but it is much more difficult to find a problem. Thanks, jb John Bussert Swift Technologies, Inc. 847-289-8339 jbussert@stecnet.com -----Original Message----- From: mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net On Behalf Of O'Connor, Peter H. Sent: Thursday, June 26, 1997 7:03 PM To: "Hans Boldt" Cc: MIDRANGE-L Subject: Re: Sources for External Data Structures I am responding to Hans Boldt comments on ILE. I think the basic concept of ILE is great. However, I think it is ugaly. Ugaly is 1,000 times worse than ugly. As a developer, it is hopeless. If a client calls up with a problem and u have to debug the pgm, good luck. What line number do u use? Do you want to give all your clients your source, NO. We worked with a client and they keep saying they had a problem. We had NO way of debuging. We compiled the pgm and shipped them the new pgm and SRC. Now we went into debug mode after 3 hours and found out that it was a user error. UGH. If this is progress, then we need the rosetta stone back. ILE is OK for inhouse operations. It is very very very bad for software vendors. IBM should look at debugging as a major problem and get their head out of the sand. Line number are very, very very, very, very very important. However, Toronto must not think so. Peter H. O'Connor PAE 7 Riverway Rd. Salem, MA 01970 508-744-8612 (T) 508-745-7945 (F) 102736.3535@compuserve.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * umidr * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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