RE: open source rpg compiler

It's quite possible to write a C++ program that trashes everything about OO
principles but still uses the beyond C features of the language.  I took C++
twice, had to drop it the first time because real life interfered.  The
instructor in the first class was still a C programmer at heart and it
showed--smart guy, but still had the C mindset. The instructor in the second
class wasn't nearly as clever a programmer, but he had a good handle on the
OO approach and tried to stick to it.  

To a lesser extent, you can ignore OO in Java and Python.  I believe, and I
think I've proved personally, that you can write bad code in any language.
<g>  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) [mailto:ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:19 PM
> To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
> Subject: RE: open source rpg compiler
> 
> 
> <Hans>
> Well, you can take the C++ approach and learn individual OO features 
> one at a time. But you still wouldn't be doing OO design and 
> programming. . .
> </Hans>
> 
> Yes, you would be doing OO programming without even knowing 
> it.  At least
> with Java, you can't program in it without touching OO (from 
> what I have
> done anyway).  For instance, I have yet to create an 
> interface, but I use
> Sun's all the time (SQL related interfaces).
> 
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