RPG and OO

Hi Tom,

Interesting question... but I guess the answer will be no.

While I've seen the argument many times to use an OO language in case we
need OO features, IBM should also realize that Java is in no way a
replacement for RPG at this stage (and I doubt it will ever be given the
structure of OS/400, and the different environment a Java program needs)

While we've seen great improvements regarding the interpretability between
RPG and Java (it still isn't like calling a Cobol program), it doesn't
change anything to it's requirements for the OS, let alone change it from a
different beast in traditional OS/400 land.

Do I hereby believe Java is bad, no not at all !  Do I hereby believe RPG
should become OO, not at all !  But I do believe that the language itself
has some room for improvement (I and many others discussed this in various
threads with Hans, so he knows) before being/becoming an OO language.

Kind regards,
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Daly [mailto:tdaly_2002@yahoo.com]
Sent: 04 June, 2002 16:18
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Using STATIC


This thread has been really interesting.

So is there OO in RPG's future, Hans?


 |  -----Original Message-----
 |  From: Hans Boldt [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
 |
 |  Hi Joe!  You've brought up some interesting
issues!

 |  OK, it can make maintenance a bit easier, but I
believe this just
 |  adds support to my assertion that if you want to
implement an OO
 |  design, you should use an OO language.



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