RE: What is Business Programming?

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Nathan Andelin
> 
> Thank you, Joe Pluta, for pointing out that the strengths of OO are
> actually weaknesses when it comes to handling procedures like this.
> I strongly agree with 90% of what you've written during the past
> several days.  You've taken a lot of flack, and we're able to dish
> it back with remarkable agility and clarity, focusing on specific
> issues.

Thanks, Nathan.  And lest there be any confusion, let me point out a
subtle distinction here.  I am NOT trying to "prove" that OO and/or Java
is bad for business programming.  What I am doing is presenting my
reasons as to why I feel that way, with the explicit challenge to
everybody here to provide evidence to the contrary.

That's why I'm interested in pursuing this issue of creating some simple
examples and comparing them to see what the benefits are.  The currency
conversion was a nice example, albeit a bit light, that I think pretty
clearly showed that RPG is a lot cleaner than Java.  On the other hand,
if the OO and Java purists would like to jump in on this and provide
some examples that bolster their position, then this could get quite
interesting!

At that point, I might even be willing to put aside some bandwidth for
creating a forum for this stuff.  I'm currently researching forum
software, so I'll keep this in mind.

Joe