> >It's so refreshing to hear something that make sense. The funny thing > >is KISS in then original sense is out. THEY DO NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE > >IT, is the only problem my friend. > > > >my 2 BEF. > > > >Marc > > > >. > > guess ill have to dig thru the archives and find some of my > old papers on 'black box', 'composite design', 'step-wise > refinement', etc and revise for THE MODERN Audience. > > unfortunately, it would take entirely too much time to try > and review the last 30yrs of experience and relate it to > OO/etc... I am using VFP now, but I still long for the good old days, when I could write a procedure, process the data, and do what I wanted to do with a minimum of difficulty. Now, being dragged kicking, screaming and hair pulling into OOP, it sometimes takes me 30 minutes just to figure out what method the code needs to go in. Progress? We'll see. .