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  3. March 2009

Re: New parameter needed for a subprocedure

Scott Klement wrote:
[Argument:]
3) Modern languages, like Java, cannot return output through their parameter list. If you want your RPG code to be modern, you shouldn't return data through the parameter list, either.

[Scott's response:]
3) All programming languages have their quirks. The best policy is to take advantage of the best features of each, rather than restricting yourself to only using techniques that are available in all languages.

I find it hard to believe that the way you pass parameters will make your code more or less "modern". Instead, do what's practical in the language you're working in, rather than making things more difficult in the name of "being more like Java."

That's much more eloquent (and polite) than what my response would be, but mine's only 8 letters! :D

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