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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: davidb@datalytics.com (David Bradley) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1996/12/06 Message-ID: <32ab2df5.1789575263@news>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 202687025 references: <32A4659D.347A@shef.ac.uk> <32A71BC6.2D857063@arscorp.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Datalytics Inc. 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 Date: 1996-12-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: The problem is that reuse through OOP takes effort. People seem not willing to expend the effort to get the benefit of OOP. They put an OOP in place and don't change their methods and then wonder why they aren't able to reuse code. You never get something for nothing. If you're not willing or unable to put forth the effort you'll never see the benefit. In order for something to be reused it has to be designed properly. OOD is where most people fail. This takes effort. If you don't expend this effort upfront you'll not get anything out. Look at OOP as a lever. The work you put in will be multiplied out the other end. If you don't put in the initial work on the front end then you'll never get the benefit on the back end. -------------------------------------------- David Bradley davidb@datalytics.com Software Engineer Datalytics, Inc. http://www.datalytics.com