Re: Bob's 'Self-aggrandizing ignorant' Count: Was: What databases have taught me

Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> How about a simulation instead? For things like the weather, climate
> change, epidemiology, fluid flows around objects like propellers, or the
> norwegian simulations back in the 1960's that OO was invented for.

This is a little OT, but as it turns, there's a pretty big difference between discrete simulations and continuous simulations. OO isn't really any stronger at continuous simulations than anything else I can think of. I'd think one would use continuous methods for simulating fluid flows, since it's basically a matter of solving the Navier-Stokes equations. Simula was designed for discrete event simulations, which works for stuff like social models, population biology, etc.

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