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From: "Ludovic Brenta" <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: procedural vs object oriented
Date: 27 Apr 2006 05:03:31 -0700
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Because:

* the dispatching logic is visible in the source and therefore easy to
trace to object code (you always certify the machine code, not the
source code).

* you see, at the call site, the complete list of possible call
targets.

Besides, peer review would reject your code. You should have used a
case statement with no "others" clause, and thought about all possible
shape types up-front.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.