On 04/12/12 00:38, Wjhonson wrote:
> I've not encountered this is my career previously, but now I'm seeing a 
> system written almost entirely with the use of indirect calls in Universe 
> BASIC.
> 
> That is
> SOURCE = "*SOME.PROGRAM"
> ...
> CALL @SOURCE(INPUTS)
> 
> Is there some advantage to the use of indirect calls that a system would be 
> written entirely in this fashion?
> 
I've sometimes done this, can't remember why.

BUT. This is *standard* OOP practice. If the guy was used to object
orientated programming, then he would expect this, and if he was not
using an OOP language (like BASIC), then he would have had to explicitly
code it - just like he's done here!

Cheers,
Wol
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