Re: C++ not OOP? (Was: Language Efficiency

[osinski@valis.cs.nyu.edu (Ed Osinski)]

In article <3n0uvi$8jt@atlantis.utmb.edu>, Curtis Bass <cbass%intmeds1.utmb@mhost.utmb.edu> writes:
|> pete@borland.com (Pete Becker) wrote:
|> 
|> -- snip --
|> 
|> > 	Suppose you are evaluating a new language, say, C+#, and you 
|> > hear from a reliable source that it is a "pure OOPL". What conclusions 
|> > can you draw about this language that would tell you whether it is 
|> > better suited to your purposes than, say, C+$, which is not a "pure 
|> > OOPL"?
|> 
|> The conclusions that I would draw are:
|> 
|>    #1. All code must be attached to objects.

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|>      iv. Since it is a pure OOPL, there is a great
|>          likelihood that the language itself is of
|>          a fairly simple and elegant design. OTOH,
|>          C+$ will probably be a very complex language,
|>          since it supports two different programming
|>          paradigms (structured and OO). Also, with
|>          C+#, I can rest assured that the syntax is
|>          uniform (all procedures will have an object
|>          ID prefix). C+$ would allow me to have SOME
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|>          procedures WITH an object ID prefix, and some
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|>          WITHOUT one. This could lead to confusion for
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^

I just want to point out that this is not necessarily true.  
Ada95 is an example where *all* procedure calls, whether they 
are 'methods' or not, look the same.

|>          the maintenance programmers. Also, such code
|>          would represent a rather messy, inelegant
|>          design, which would be less of an option in C+#.

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|> 				Curtis Bass
|> 				Software Systems Specialist II
|> 				University of Texas Medical Branch

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