Re[2]: Legacy code.

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vernon,

>Running OPM & ILE together <bold>can</bold> be tricky, but there are ways
>to move gradually into better and better implementation. ILE gives us a
>lot more flexibility & control of processes, and we'll need to take the
>time to learn the rules. There <bold>is</bold> a redbook on implementing
>ILE, as well as the whitebook manuals <italic>ILE Concepts</italic> and
><italic>ILE Example</italic>..

Yes, I've seen that manual in an earlier release.  I'll need to carefully
examine it once more, I guess.

-snip about VA RPG-

>I think OO is a way of thinking, not a language. OO principles can guide
>the development process all the way from analysis to programming. It can
>be done in <bold>any</bold> language--it's just terribly hard to do it in
>RPGII or good old Dartmouth BASIC. It helps to have the programming
>language enforce the rules--are any of us disciplined enough, generally,
>to code everything that an OO environment requires?

I completely concur: that's what makes the transition so difficult for
many midrangers.  Too many years looking at code designed too
long ago...

Buck Calabro
Commsoft, Rensselaer, NY

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