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From: ell@access5.digex.net (Ell)
Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ?
Date: 1996/12/18
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Harry Protoolis (harry@matilda.alt.net.au) wrote:
: On 14 Dec 1996 23:19:51 -0500, Patrick Ma <pma@panix.com> wrote:
: >On 12/14/96 Robert C. Martin <rmartin@oma.com>  wrote:
: >
: >>OO is not a motivational discipline.  It does not take willpower and
: >>determination to "do things right".  Rather it takes knowledge and skill.

: >Without a doubt, it takes knowledge and skill to "do things right" in OO.
: >However, I do think OO is a discipline and it does take willpower and 
: >determination together with knowledge and skill to "do things right."

I do not think it's primarily any of those things.  I think mainly its a
matter of approach and perspective.

: >It is willpower and determination of OO discipline that is going to
: >lead us to 
: >break through these hurdles created by our very own minds. 
 
: What's OO got to do with it ?
: 
: Idenitifying and changing errors and bad practices is a matter of
: *Professionalism*, there is nothing unique to OO that makes it more
: professional that any other technique.
: 
: Of course, turning professional programmers into 'code monkeys' is just
: begging for this sort of problem ...

Many programmers turn themselves into "code monkeys".  Imo, because they
belittle the big logical picture.

Elliott