Re: Why use PHP? What are the disadvantages?

["Neill Harper" <neill.harper@xxxxxxxx>]

There isn't any one feature in particular but inheritance and interface
programming can be very useful. 

Put it this way, I have just embarked on a massive XML project using XML4PR,
if RPG supported an OO approach I would A)Have got the job done more quickly
B)Would be able to use all of the features of XML4C. 

Overloading is nice to have as well. 

Don't get me wrong I like RPG, and it is very suited to business logic. But
not everything I do is business logic. Some things, like a DOM or file IO
are easier when they are encapsulated in OO approach. 




-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: 20 April 2010 18:17
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Why use PHP? What are the disadvantages?

What OO feature do you think is necessary in RPG?  It is not a trick
question - I am just trying to see what others think is beneficial and/or if
what they are wanting is really part of the OO mantra.  For example, is
overloading an OO concept or just a language feature?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Neill Harper <neill.harper@xxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Ok, I guess the questions has to be then why isn't there a demand.
>
> There seems to be a demand on other platforms, and there seems to be a
> demand for OO on the iSeries, java, PHP ile c++ are all OO.
>
> So why isn't there a demand for OO RPG, I want it ;-)