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: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rharlos*cybercomm.net (.:.Richard.:.) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1997/01/21 Message-ID: <5c21et$5va@crow.cybercomm.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 211357852 references: organization: CyberComm Online Services newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) wrote: << snipped the debate parts >> | Why is any of this relevant now? Why do I bother with this debate on | "innovation?" Because some of what is said related directly to what C++ | is and should be, and that again affects where it is reasonable to use | it and how it is best used. If you misunderstand some of the fundamentals | of a language, the code you write in it is going to be suboptimal in several | ways. PMFJI. If there is a gem to be gleaned from this debate, it is in the above paragraph. Every development environment (DE) has strengths and weaknesses. These are the "fundamentals" of the DE. As developers, we have a responsibility to understand both the needs of the situation to be "solved" and the fundamentals of the various tools which may be used to create a solution to the situation at hand. Our ability to select the right tool for the job can make the solution several times easier to implement, maintain and enhance than if we had selected a less optimal DE. Its a message that, in my experience, can never be overemphasized! Thanks for this little gem -- it's a keeper! O-------------------------0 0----------------------------------0 | Richard C Harlos II \ / Software Analyst/Developer | | aka: .:.Richard.:. X Logical Design Solutions, Inc. | | rharlos@cybercomm.net / \ http://www.lds.com | 0-------------------------0 0----------------------------------0 ** opinions expressed are mine, not necessarily those of LDS, Inc. Anit-Spam Tactic: replace the '*' with '@' when replying to me via e-mail as I've been inundated with spam !!!