Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>Ask any three OO folks what that something else is and I am sure you
>>will get 7 contradictory answers, but everyone will agree that it is
>>called 'data hiding' and will assure us that everyone agrees on exactly
>
> Except when it is called "encapsulation".
Unless it is called polymorphism or inheritance or friend or protected
or private or interface or class or my amp goes to eleven.
>>what it is and why it is important.
>
> OO is useful, but some of the larding is less than appropriate.
>
> [snip]
>
>
>>We programmers are addicts. We love to get lost in the details, "enter
>>the zone", and churn out code while mentally juggling complex concepts.
>>It's a high. The first step is admitting to ourselves...
>
>
> Hello, my name is Gene, and I am a detailaholic.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.
Received on Fri Dec 22 2006 - 12:51:13 CST
