From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DIET_1,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: "Karen A. Morrissey" Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1996/12/16 Message-ID: <32B5AD6D.25F6@netmail.mnet.uswest.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 204456547 references: <32A4659D.347A@shef.ac.uk> <32A71BC6.2D857063@arscorp.com> <32A82AFE.255A@possibility.com> <58bq8c$3n6@news.utdallas.edu> <32AA207E.3199@deep.net> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Analysts International(on assignment to U S West) mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) Date: 1996-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert C. Martin wrote: > [...] > In some sense OO has attracted programmers the way that new weight > loss methods attract people who want to lose weight. They will grasp > at anything new to solve their problems. > > OO is a great technique and it can help make software easier to reuse, > modify and maintain. But it is not a cure-all; and it must be understood > in detail and weilded with skill. > [...] This reminds me of the hoopla surrounding the introduction, to the masses, of "knowledge bases" and OODBMSs. When asked about each I remarked, sounding perhaps a bit like Eeyore (the old, cynical, donkey from Winnie-the-pooh), "Great. Now there's another paradigm that everyone will use but no one will bother to learn." -- Karen A. Morrissey kxmorr4@uswest.com (USW business) US West Communications kmorris692@aol.com (other business & personal) 1801 California (on assignment from Analysts International) Suite 310 Denver, CO 80202 "Everything comes in fives." 303-965-8473 -- Hagbard Celine