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Hans, At 10/1/02 12:28 PM, you wrote:
So, what exactly is gained by this type of design? Would this be any easier than, say, just learning Java? Probably not since the biggest aspect of learning Java is learning how to use the Java class library. And learning OO methodology would still be required, which of course is a pre-requisite to using any OO language.
IBM Midrange history has taught us that it would be *very* useful. Years ago, what was the standard answer to the request to enhance RPG's string handling? Oh, if you want to do a lot of that use Cobol." But I know of no one that did that! We have a large base of RPG programmers that could ease into OO instead of going full tilt into it. There is a large learning curve that would be eliminated. On top of that, RPG's I/O processing (and many other features) beats Java's any day. As far as development budget is concerned, we don't need all the features at once. -mark
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