Re: Writing reusable 4GL
>In article <juq5v0ElJP8F083yn@kcbbs.gen.nz>, >kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz (Kerry Sainsbury) wrote: >> I've been wanting to write this document for some time. I hope it will >> inspire some 4GL programmers to look at modular variables, and see how >> fantastic they can be for code reuse. >> >> A reasonable introduction to classes too, for those on an OOPL path... >> >> BTW: I'm keen to get a debate going if there are people out there who >> disagree with my enthusiastic rantings. > >I am interested to see there has been no response to my posting. Kerry, I never saw the original post, sorry. > >- Is this all as obvious as hell, and not worth comment? No, not from what I've seen happening in client firms. >- Does everybody use these techniques already? (I know our shop doesn't) Hardly. >- Is my explanation so poorly constructed so as to be unintelligible? Well, I didn't get to read it! >- Are most of you DBAs rather than 4GL programmers? I'm both. >- Is there nobody else who cares about this sort of stuff? I do!! Please repost! > >Just wondering, >Kerry S >------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ >Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.2 Mar 95 >Quanta Systems, Auckland | kcbbs.gen.nz:/informix/informix.[faq|apx] >New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/informix/faq/ " " > Home: +64 9 279-3571 | http://www.garpac.com/informix.html Bill Williams E-Mail: bwilliam@jaxnet.com Flames: nobody@nowhere.com -or- redirect to /dev/null +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer: My views, opinions, and judgments are my own. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Free scientific inquiry" is a redundancy. | | "Free governmental inquiry" is self-contradictory. | | | | Be sure to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. It's the world's | | greatest novel, rated #2 of those books readers said had the | | most impact on their lives (NY Times readership poll)! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+