>Again every situation is different. In my case, my explicit task was to come u >p with an OO solution, no only "dans la forme" but also "dans l'esprit". I'm s >ure with all the (natural) languages that you know, these few French words sh ou >ld not pose be a problem to you :) When they're written, sans probleme (problème?). It's the sound that's harder to catch. >than if I would have written it in another language. But corporate software d >evelopment being what it is, you have to be able to sell your stuff too. Why didn't you develop it in Visual Studio, then ;)... oh, no, you won't get me to interfere with your company's policy. >That being said, I would not be surprised if what you are developing could be a >huge commercial success. It could be, just if our customers had money. Then I'd be surprised, this time pleasantly, for a change. Anyway, this opens a new subthread - the spirit of conversion. What degree of trans-forming and (forgive expression) OOPizing is sufficient so we can say we have not just translated it, but... well, in my language there's a different expression for translating poetry, "trans-singing" instead of "trans-taking" (translating anything). When is it not just the old wine in new bottles, but a new incarnation, almost a new person on the same job, doing it more smoothly, graciously, and OOPy. Where's the edge?