Re: OOP - a question about database access
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:36:26 -0500
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"Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu" <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> wrote in message news:slrnbqtmlr.euq.nntp_at_ajgdg.com.invalid...
> * Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>:
> > "Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu" <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> wrote in message
> > news:slrnbqt2sj.eu4.nntp_at_ajgdg.com.invalid...
> >> * Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>: > >> > "Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu" <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> wrote in message > >> > news:slrnbqr852.bf4.nntp_at_ajgdg.com.invalid... > >> >> * Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>: > >> >> > 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? > >> > > >> > I did not say anything about OO above. I suggest you read withgreater
> > care
> >> > for comprehension. > >> > >> Trying again: Having long ago mastered the *technology*, I find > >> comp.object infertile ground and a waste of time. >
> > Yes, I find comp.object infertile ground as I said.
> > >> I see no important advances there give the *primitiveness of the > >> computational model* and the distinct lack of advences in past > >> decades. >
> > Again, I foresee no important advances in comp.object. Do you
> > consider writing yet another web server an important advance? Do
> > you think someone who has already mastered the technology will
> > need comp.object to write another web server?
> > Perhaps in the world databases and buisness applications, OO is > nothing special. I was simply curious if you felt that notions like > encapsulation, polymorhism, aggregation, and inhertience have had > their day.
Encapsulation: Physical and logical independence have great importantance and I foresee no change to reduce their importance.
Polymorphism: Which kind?
Aggregation: Which kind?
Inheritance: Type inheritance is very useful and important, but its most promising future does not lie anywhere along a linear address space.
> Another web server might offer an incremental advance and one that > is not at all unimportant.
An advance to what though? To web servers? Big deal.
> What alternatives to object-oriented programming would you offer to > the author of that web server?
That depends on what you think "object-oriented programming" means. The term is rather nebulous after all.
> >> Having reread your statement, you do indeed appear to be > >> characterizing a technology and computational model as infertile. > >> You did not say that it was "OO", but, you reference comp.object, > >> which is a forum for discussion of "OO". > >> > >> I don't feel that any greater care on my part, will make any more > >> sense of your statement. > >> > >> Did you indend to say that comp.object was infertile ground? >
> > Did I not say exactly that?
> > Okay, you intended to say the forum was infertile, not the > discipline. Understood. Semantics are boring.
I suppose that explains your negligent lack of care with respect to meaning. Received on Mon Nov 10 2003 - 02:36:26 CET