Re: Confessions of an "OO Foreigner"

From: Thomas A. Li (tli_at_corporola.com)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:10:55 GMT

Fully agreed.
OO is a methodology/philosophy. It can be embodied into COBOL in a specified
format, something like the bible has a new special interpretation no matter
it is accepted or not.

"RH" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dvmIb.98927$ss5.73119@clgrps13...
> I guess I am an OO COBOL foreigner ;)
>
> I know COBOL, but all my OO applications have been in Delphi, C++ or Java.
> The thing is, when I study OO theory it is not language specific (ex: Gang
> of four patterns etc.). So out of sheer curiosity I wonder if this is not
> the case for OO COBOL?
>
> I don't have any clients using OO COBOL, so I guess that's why I ask. It
> might happen someday...
>
>
>

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