Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS

"mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message news:4142db3b$0$48933$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
> Marshall Spight wrote:
>
> >>mAsterdam wrote:
> >>>Encapsulation is never absolute to everyone.
> >>>If you need to get under the hood, you'll
> >>>have to be able to break the black-box seal.
> [...]
> > Although I haven't worked this way, I have friends who swear
> > by the power of breaking encapsulation. Again, I see this as
> > simply a symptom of the fact that we don't do it right yet.
>
> If it is ignorance causing this, yes.
>
> But let's assume your friend *does* understand
> the benefits of encapsulation when they are there:
> if breaking the capsule works for your friend - why not?
>
> Using modified code snippets, templates, patterns all
> breaks some encapsulation.

Ahh. First the capsule is not there.

Then the capsule is there.

Then the capsule is not there, again.

I think I'm starting to get it about the mountain. Received on Sat Sep 11 2004 - 13:54:24 CEST