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Re: Object Orientation question

From: koert54 <koert54_at_nospam.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:44:35 GMT
Message-ID: <nmvN7.9988$do1.3048464539@hestia.telenet-ops.be>


Ok - I tried - but the point was that you don't need an OO language to implement OO ...

"D" <asd_at_asdf.com> wrote in message
news:FE1D4B4932ACD9AE.D6BB6E2EEEB1D468.7C04B0EB182458EC_at_lp.airnews.net...
> Hi Koert,
>
> Actually, no, your answer doesn't help at all but it made for entertaining
> reading and had a couple of good points. :)
>
> True, C++ compilers run through a bunch of "C" files. (I can see it on a
> step through) And I agree that there are 'probably' not any OO Assemblers.
> (that would ultimately be pointless, I think.) Where does that leave us? I
> should probably direct the question to a C++ group since it is a
chicken/egg
> sort of question.
>
> Thanks just the same.
>
> Don
>
> "koert54" <koert54_at_nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:A%SM7.8664$jD3.2695041206_at_hestia.telenet-ops.be...
> > So what ? Most C++ compilers generated C code as an intermediate step !
> Does
> > this mean C++ is not really object oriented ? (welllll let's
> > not discuss that :-) )
> > In the end, it all results in native assembler code - I never heard of
OO
> > Assembler - did you ?
> > In a previous life I used to program cross compilers - I once rewrote a
> > back-end generating imperative C code (using a massive amount of GOTOs)
> into
> > a back-end generating OO Java (with no GOTOs at all (goto is a reserved
> word
> > but not implemented in java :-) !) ....
> > I hope this answered your question ?
> >
> > koert
> >
> >
> > "D" <asd_at_asdf.com> wrote in message
> >

news:EB40DCB62E92E2CA.84081C89E9DAF8B7.8790309C4CC04EA6_at_lp.airnews.net...
> > > Hi Group,
> > >
> > > As I understand it Oracle 8 or greater denormalizes tables to acheive
> > object
> > > orientation. I also understand that most, if not all, of Oracle was
> > written
> > > in C (presumably ANSI C). C is not an object oriented language. So how
> > could
> > > a non-object oriented, procedural language create a system that is at
> some
> > > level, object oriented?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Don
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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