[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: how to or could I ?

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Returning one single data object to hold multiple values is the old Java way. Often some boiling code with classes that bring little value to the business. I finally appreciate the new C# way that lets you define multiple out params for simple scalar parameters. In that sense, the Progress ABL was ahead of its time. Why not using it? Procedures, Methods, UDF, all those are routines. UDF and Methods have many advantages over procedures : -strong typing for a return value -signature check at compile time -completion in the editor -MUCH FASTER than a proc because no need to check existence of the routine and the signature at runtime (that was done at compile time) -more standard for new developers

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