Re: Webfacing out, EGL in

["Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

> That's why I personally consider HTML opcodes in RPG to be a bad answer;

I don't think that has ever been the RPG development teams answer or goal.
As I understand it they are looking to create a "decoupled" opcode that
would have zero ties to a specific UI implementation but instead would offer
up an interface feature set that would allow for growth as new UI
technologies come about.  I would imagine it is very similar to the way EGL
has been architected to support todays UI technologies, but leave pleanty of
room for growth for tomorrow.

> when in reality they need to rewrite them into true message-based servers.

Correct me if I am wrong, but you are confusing bad programming style that
you have seen from RPG programmers and thus labeling it as a bad language to
use for passing records/messages back and forth?  EGL most likely provides a
better foundation for keeping tiers separate, but it could just as easily be
labeled with a bad mantra if programmers choose to implement it
inappropriately - correct?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com