/prog/ - COBOL+SQL+OOP=ABAP

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-19 21:16

So, /prog/, what do you think of this language?
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ce/b518b6513611d194a50000e8353423/frameset.htm

CALL METHOD meth EXPORTING  i1 = f1  i2 =f2  ... 

                 IMPORTING  e1 = g1  e2 =g2  ...

                 CHANGING   c1 = f1  c2 =f2  ...

                 RECEIVING          r = h

                 EXCEPTIONS e1 = rc1 e2 =rc2  ...

METHODS CONSTRUCTOR

        IMPORTING [VALUE(]i1  i2 ...[)] TYPE type [OPTIONAL]...

        EXCEPTIONS exc1  exc2 ... .

AT LINE-SELECTION.



  WINDOW STARTING AT 45 3 ENDING AT 85 13.



  WRITE: 'Alternative Plane Types',

         'for', wa-carrid, wa-connid.



  ULINE.



  SELECT  planetype seatsmax

    INTO  (plane, seats)

    FROM  saplane AS plane

    WHERE seatsmax < wa-seatsmax AND

          seatsmax >= ALL ( select  seatsocc

                              FROM  sflight

                              WHERE carrid = wa-carrid AND

                                    connid = wa-connid     )

    ORDER BY seatsmax.



    WRITE: / plane, seats.



  ENDSELECT.

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 10:16

>frameset.htm
I'm already hating it.

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 10:22

This seems to be an useful feature not found in java:



Statement sequence:

sum = sum + 1.

sum = sum + 2.

sum = sum + 3.

sum = sum + 4.

 

Chain statement:

sum = sum + : 1, 2, 3, 4.

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 10:29

>>3
Terrible!

(incf sum 10)

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 11:51

>>4
What "10" is? A magic number?

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 12:27

>>5
(incf sum 1 2 3 4)

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 13:27

People still rely on mutation?

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 5:05

>>3

Horrible, what language let you modify your equations?

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 5:36

The best-run businesses run SAP.

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 5:38

Damn, I had a good opinion of SAP until this.

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 6:42

check my dubz

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 8:16

>>8
LITHP

COBOL+SQL+OOP=ABAP

1 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-19 21:16

2 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 10:16

3 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 10:22

4 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 10:29

5 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 11:51

6 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 12:27

7 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-20 13:27

8 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 5:05

9 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 5:36

10 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 5:38

11 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 6:42

12 Name: Anonymous 2012-06-21 8:16