Re: OOP - a question about database access

"Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu" <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> wrote in message news:slrnbqt3fn.eu4.nntp_at_ajgdg.com.invalid...
> * Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>:
> > "Topmind" <topmind_at_technologist.com> wrote in message
> > news:4e705869.0311082326.1e704776_at_posting.google.com...
> >> > > Personally, I do not hang out in comp.object. Having long ago
> >> > > mastered the technology, I find comp.object infertile ground and a
> >> > > waste of time. I foresee no important advances there given the
> >> > > primitiveness of the computational model and the distinct lack of
> >> > > advances in past decades. You only see my posts because this
> >> > > thread is cross-posted to comp.databases.theory, where I see very
> >> > > fertile ground.
>
> >> > Coming in to the thread a little late, but, do you feel that OO is
> >> > infertile and a waste of time for developing, say windowing
> >> > environments, or a web server? It seems to me that is is a useful
> >> > disicpline for certian applications. I've always found the Person ->
> >> > Employee -> SalariedEmployee example to be contrived, but I don't
> >> > see how one goes about game programming in relational algebra.
>
> >> People who feel that OO works well in some places but not
> >> others do not seem to deliver consistent answers about
> >> when and where OO works best.
>
> > The problem I see with your statement above is the difference between
well
> > and best. OO can work well in some places without ever working best.
>
> [snip]
> >> This would be like
> >> chemistry, geometry, etc. I don't
> >> really have a strong opinion on that aspect because I
> >> don't work in those domains. I am more familiar with
> >> human-created domains of business and society.
>
> > I don't see how the location-based computational model provides
advantages
> > to any application domain. How would it benefit chemistry, for instance?
>
> Wouldn't object oriented programmig work well to create a drawing
> application where you are modeling the location of geometric shapes?

It would work well. What is it about the location-based computational model that makes you think would make it work the best? Received on Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:07:45 CET