Re: Eval Exception Error Trapping

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Eric and John wrote:
>> Ultimately I would like to see, dare I say it, Object Oriented RPG
(OORPG).
>> Longest abbreviation so you know it has to be great!
>> Eric N. Wilson
>
>Is that    OORPG
>or
>Oh, Oh,  RPG   ??
>John Carr

Oh-oh!  You hit one of my favorite subjects!  As some of you
know, I'm a great fan of OO design and programming.  But I've
always believed that OO is best appreciated using a language
specifically designed for the purpose, such as Java or
Smalltalk.  Hybrid languages like C++ tend to be a bit of a
mess.

On the other hand, with a bit of care, OO techniques can be
applied in any language.  I'm sure most people would agree
that learning an OO language can make you a better programmer
even when using a non-OO language like RPG.

Will we ever have an OO-RPG?  I don't know.  My biggest worry
is that if we ever decided to do it, it would be unnecessarily
over-designed.  Furthermore, to do OO properly in any hybrid
language really requires a great deal of discipline on the
part of the programmers, which leads back to my point that
learning OO is best done using an OO language.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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