Re: Databases as objects

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:51:13 GMT
Message-ID: <BOVih.36308$cz.535228_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

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 - 19:51:13 CET