Re: RPG and OO

[Tom Daly <tdaly_2002@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well I too think the answer is probably no.  But it
doesn't hurt to ask!  Java's great and it doesn't have
some of the pitfalls of C/C++ but as you imply, the
JVM environment doesn't truly gel with OS/400.  In
fact I see a proliferation of 'environments' happening
- which is good to see new things on the box - but
integration is everything.

I'm glad for the improvements to the RPG language and
look forward to more.

--- "Nicolay, Paul" <paul_nicolay@merck.com> wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Interesting question... but I guess the answer will
> be no.
>
> While I've seen the argument many times to use an OO
> language in case we
> need OO features, IBM should also realize that Java
> is in no way a
> replacement for RPG at this stage (and I doubt it
> will ever be given the
> structure of OS/400, and the different environment a
> Java program needs)
>
> While we've seen great improvements regarding the
> interpretability between
> RPG and Java (it still isn't like calling a Cobol
> program), it doesn't
> change anything to it's requirements for the OS, let
> alone change it from a
> different beast in traditional OS/400 land.
>
> Do I hereby believe Java is bad, no not at all !  Do
> I hereby believe RPG
> should become OO, not at all !  But I do believe
> that the language itself
> has some room for improvement (I and many others
> discussed this in various
> threads with Hans, so he knows) before
> being/becoming an OO language.
>
> Kind regards,
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Daly [mailto:tdaly_2002@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 04 June, 2002 16:18
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Using STATIC
>
>
> This thread has been really interesting.
>
> So is there OO in RPG's future, Hans?
>
>
>  |  -----Original Message-----
>  |  From: Hans Boldt [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
>  |
>  |  Hi Joe!  You've brought up some interesting
> issues!
>
>  |  OK, it can make maintenance a bit easier, but I
> believe this just
>  |  adds support to my assertion that if you want to
> implement an OO
>  |  design, you should use an OO language.
>
>
>
>
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