Re: RPG Cycle

[James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trevor Perry wrote:

> How can you claim to be a modern language if you are using O-specs? Making
> your file processes an integral part of your application program is a step
> backwards.

If you had actually read the message to which you were responding, you 
would have noticed that I said, in so many words, that I have never been 
able to make constructive use of O-specs.

And as to your precious "n-tier programming" (the technical term is 
abstraction), it can be useful (I've seen it make programs smaller and 
faster), or it can be a complete and utter waste of computer resources 
and/or programmer time, producing huge, slow-executing programs that 
don't do anything a smaller, faster, less-fanatically-abstracted program 
could accomplish (other than sell bigger and faster hardware).

There are no panaceas anywhere in programming. The trick is having all 
the right tools, knowing what to do with them, and applying that 
knowledge without ideological prejudice.