RE: RE: Visual Basic and AS/400

Fair enough, but we are talking about RPG programs here for the most part.
Also, even if they are stateful, they are static. That is there is only one
instance of them per job. 

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@leif.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:52 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: RE: Visual Basic and AS/400



----- Original Message -----
From: Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com>
> Don,
>
> Why would XML and HTTP make your program an object? If your definition of
an
> object is "I can call it, pass it some parameters, and get back some data"
> isn't any program an object. I'd almost argue that the answer is yes, all
> programs are objects, but they are stateless objects.

no, no, Walden, most programs on the AS/400 have state. It is only programs
(like RPG-programs) that explicitly deactivate themselves that lose their
state.

Leif


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