Re: RE: Visual Basic and AS/400 -- MIDRANGE-L

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----- Original Message -----
From: Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com>
> Don,
>
> Why would XML and HTTP make your program an object? If your definition of
an
> object is "I can call it, pass it some parameters, and get back some data"
> isn't any program an object. I'd almost argue that the answer is yes, all
> programs are objects, but they are stateless objects.

no, no, Walden, most programs on the AS/400 have state. It is only programs
(like RPG-programs) that explicitly deactivate themselves that lose their
state.

Leif


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