Path: news.f.de.plusline.net!news-fra1.dfn.de!newsfeed.hanau.net!news.tiscali.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!213.132.189.2.MISMATCH!multikabel.net!feed20.multikabel.net!sn-xt-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-05!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-03!sn-post-ams-02!sn-post-sjc-02!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Databases as objects Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:19:26 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <098oo2hre4pm0ioh5ogp262fvpne4qg07c@4ax.com> Reply-To: genew@ocis.net.NOTTHIS References: <1166725389.706980.109870@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> <1166735951.746571.241500@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <1166741245.240831.63830@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.1/32.1088 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 30 Xref: news.f.de.plusline.net comp.databases.theory:40510 Bob Badour 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". >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.