RE: Need some advice - Thanks for all the input!

Thanks everyone for your input to my question! I will keep all these aside and use them in my decisions on how to go about learning this new language.

I knew I would get some good advice, leave it to the RPG Gurus.

Sharon> Subject: RE: Need some advice> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:33:02 -0400> From: matt.haas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > -----Original Message-----> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:14 PM> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries> Subject: Re: Need some advice> > I think we work in object-oriented ways more than we know. For one> thing, consider the object-based design of the S/38 - AS/400 - iSeries -> i5 and you will have some groundwork. E.g., a *FILE object could be> considered a class - I know, it's deeper than that, but let's keep this> simple - am just forming this on the fly - and a *FILE object has> certain attributes at what we call file-level (file level identifier os> one). ALL *FILE objects have these same attributes.> > Now on the iSeries there are also methods contained in every object -> things you can do - you can't write to a *PGM but you can to a *FILE.> <snip>> > That's the beauty of the OS. It was designed from the very beginning to> be object based. It's one of the key design elements that makes it more> hack resistant than anything else out there while also being easy to> extend. Have you ever read "Fortress Rochester"? If you read through it,> you'll come to the conclusion that all of the so called new and hot> technologies (object oriented, virtualization, etc...) were implemented> on IBM midrange systems long before they were popular on so called> modern OS's.> > Matt> > -- > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list> To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l> or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives> at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.>