RE: framework question

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> > If you speak of quick hacking, OO is not
> > the perfect choice, then
> > you are better of  with also not using ILE. Then RPG/400 is 
> the way to
> > go ;-) Or use one of these
> > sillly iSeries 4GL RAD Tools like Magic or the other one 
> whose name i
> > forgot.
> 
> Marc, I get the idea you've never actually coded in a production
> environment.  What you call "quick hacking" I call responding to
> external business decisions.  Such as "Today customer XYZ gets a 10%
> discount on the anything he's never bought before."  I can 
> code that in
> a few lines of RPG and insert it into the appropriate place in the job
> stream.  With OO, I have to first figure out which class 
> calculating the
> price, then be sure it has access to the history information. 
>  If not, I
> probably have to change the method to make that information available.
> That probably involves adding a new method procedure.  Then I probably
> have to JAR up the new class and insert it into the web server, which
> usually involves bringing the application down and restarting it.
> 
> Sorry, Marc, but the real world doesn't have the time for OO.
> 
> Joe


Joe,

I'd be interested in hear what your "few lines of RPG" and "appropriate
place" are.

This seems to imply to me that you're adding an "if custnbr = 'XYZ' then
<...>" in your pricing program.

SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE!

Perhaps the world doesn't have time for OO.  But surely it doesn't have time
to maintain such code either.

Charles