RE: OO benefits? (was Re: Fast400 Value to iSeries community is less than zero )

>  Janet:
>IMHO, much of this argument smacks of debates I was hearing thirty years
ago
>about why one flavor of assembler language was better than another... It
keeps
>making me wonder why we can't raise our arguments up to a more relevant
level!

I don't think it's degraded to an argument -- it's still a discussion based
on differing experiences, frames of reference and opinions.  I also think
there's a huge difference between types of languages and types of
architectures.  Every few posts someone will provoke Joe, Brad, or Leif or
someone to unveil another aspect of application or infrastructure design.
I've learned a lot of useful things in the past few days.

Most of the dozen or so lengthy threads spawned by the original CFINT
lengthy thread (or whatever started this) should be over in NonTech, but
still relevance is a matter of point of view.  I could give a damn about DST
passwords on V5R1 though I know they're not irrelevant.

-Jim

James P. Damato
Manager - Technical Administration
Dollar General Corporation
<mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>