Re: Mixing OO and DB
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:10:59 +0100
Message-ID: <1g90q8lemvr4i.1lkcs6ub2mcws.dlg_at_40tude.net>
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:48:47 -0800 (PST), David BL wrote:
> Objects are said to have identity, state and behavior. The idea that
> Bob's confusion between the concepts of object state versus object
I hate to agree with Bob Badour, but the notion of object is indeed
superfluous. It is enough to have value, type, variable. Type has behavior.
> an object can (always) be thought of as a (data) variable that can be
> assigned a (data) value reveals a complete lack of understanding of
> OO.
> value also leads him to misunderstand the significance of
> encapsulation in the context of OO.
-- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.deReceived on Wed Feb 13 2008 - 23:10:59 CET