Re: Objects and Relations

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:53:50 GMT
Message-ID: <iY2wh.405$R71.6565@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Marshall wrote:

> On Jan 30, 6:32 am, "David BL" <davi..._at_iinet.net.au> wrote:
>

>>On Jan 30, 6:33 pm, "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>

[snip]
> The Stroustroup quote:
>
> http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#compare

Following the link and then spelunking a little further, I ran across this priceless gem:

quote
"Two factors confound the issue: There is no general agreement on what "object-oriented" really is, and discussions rarely account for experience sufficiently. Much of "the trouble with OO" comes from people with no significant OO experience approaching an ambitious project with some partially understood-yet dogmatic and typically limited-notion of what OO code must look like."
/quote

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/ieee_interview.html

I note in passing that 'people with no significant OO experience' often deride those of us with significant OO experience for 'obviously' having none at all when we decline the koolaid. Received on Wed Jan 31 2007 - 09:53:50 CST