Re: OOP - a question about database access

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:39:42 -0500
Message-ID: <4MKdnU_ipJvjcTOi4p2dnA_at_golden.net>

"Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu" <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> wrote in message news:slrnbqtms8.euq.nntp_at_ajgdg.com.invalid...

> * Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>:
> > "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?
>
> Take note here.
> >> >> > It seems to me that is is a useful disicpline for certian
> >> >> > applications.
> Take note here.
>
> >> >> > 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?
>
> I never said best.

In that case, you never said anything that was the least bit relevant to the thread or that contributed in any way. Congratulations! Few people can say so little with so many words. You have a real skill. Received on Mon Nov 10 2003 - 02:39:42 CET