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

Jim,

I'm not sure if I agree or disagree, with either you or Janet.  I'd like to
hear her take on what that relevant level *is*.

One reason some of my posts are too long is that I'm taking a shotgun
approach to some problems.  *I* sure don't know what that relevant level is,
so I post food for thought.  The responses tend to separate the wheat from
the chaff.

So Janet, or anyone else, what do you think the relevant level is, when
discussing languages and techniques describing "best-practices"...?

Whatever the level is, there are two of them:  One is defined by what is
existing and/or likely to actually be developed by IBM; and one is more of a
wish-list (or dream-list...;-).

jt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jim Damato
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:42 PM
> To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: 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>
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