Re: XML and AS/400

I apologize for sounding so snide, I realize that not all those who
propounds the excellence of oop are as pedantic as some. 
And I totally agree that moving from RPG, or plain old pascal (not
turbo) to oop is a bit of a stretch for some but, think about the first
time you sat down in front of a terminal. Think of the very first
program you wrote in RPG, think back to the time when you realized you
really understood the fixed logic cycle.
Non of us were born programmers, we all began somewhere, oop is nothing
more than a new technique. If one of you can do it, so can I, and I am
sure Jim feels the same way, and I am certain he and I are not the only
ones.


Bob Crothers wrote:
> 
> L.S.,
> 
> Rest assured, this is NOT what I was trying to say (that anybody was "not
> intelligent").
> 
> Most of the members on this list do fit into the "procedural language"
> category because they are AS/400 folks.
> 
> And using an OO language does NOT mean you use object oriented design.  I
> wrote C using a C++ compiler for over a year.
> 
> Object Oriented is not complicated...but it is DIFFERENT!  And it takes time
> to learn.  But it is well worth learning.  Not because of Java, but because
> of OO.
> 
> If you are that rare exception that can move from a procedural language to
> object oriented design in a matter of days and with no pain, then one of 2
> things apply: You are using your OO language to do procedural programming
> (very possible, even with Java), -or- you are one very exceptional
> programmer and I am blinded by your brilliance.
> 
> Regards,
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of L. S. Russell
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 1:26 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: XML and AS/400
> 
> > You are not the only one to suggest that I am having problems
> > with objects whenever I mention I am having trouble with object
> > oriented languages (usually Java).  That is just not the case.
> Isn't that always the way, whenever you express such heretical ideas as
> disgust with java. It is never because the language is poorly designed,
> oh no, it must be that you are just not intelligent enough to grasp the
> complicated object oriented methodology.
> 
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