- Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>:
> "Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu" <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> wrote in message
> news:slrnbqt3fn.eu4.nntp_at_ajgdg.com.invalid...
>> * Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>:
>> > "Topmind" <topmind_at_technologist.com> wrote in message
>> > news:4e705869.0311082326.1e704776_at_posting.google.com...
>> >> > > Personally, I do not hang out in comp.object. Having long ago
>> >> > > mastered the technology, I find comp.object infertile ground and a
>> >> > > waste of time. I foresee no important advances there given the
>> >> > > primitiveness of the computational model and the distinct lack of
>> >> > > advances in past decades. You only see my posts because this
>> >> > > thread is cross-posted to comp.databases.theory, where I see very
>> >> > > fertile ground.
>>
>> >> > Coming in to the thread a little late, but, do you feel that OO is
>> >> > infertile and a waste of time for developing, say windowing
>> >> > environments, or a web server?
Take note here.
>> >> > It seems to me that is is a useful disicpline for certian
>> >> > applications.
Take note here.
>> >> > I've always found the Person -> Employee -> SalariedEmployee
>> >> > example to be contrived, but I don't see how one goes about
>> >> > game programming in relational algebra.
>>
>> >> People who feel that OO works well in some places but not
>> >> others do not seem to deliver consistent answers about
>> >> when and where OO works best.
>>
>> > The problem I see with your statement above is the difference between
> well
>> > and best. OO can work well in some places without ever working best.
>>
>> [snip]
>> >> This would be like
>> >> chemistry, geometry, etc. I don't
>> >> really have a strong opinion on that aspect because I
>> >> don't work in those domains. I am more familiar with
>> >> human-created domains of business and society.
>>
>> > I don't see how the location-based computational model provides
> advantages
>> > to any application domain. How would it benefit chemistry, for instance?
>>
>> Wouldn't object oriented programmig work well to create a drawing
>> application where you are modeling the location of geometric shapes?
>
> It would work well. What is it about the location-based computational model
> that makes you think would make it work the best?
I never said best.
--
Javi
Received on Sun Nov 09 2003 - 18:39:05 CST
