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: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1996/12/20 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 205028652 sender: news@organon.com (news) references: <32A4659D.347A@shef.ac.uk> <32A71BC6.2D857063@arscorp.com> organization: Organon Motives, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1996-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <32B89D8D.7999@rase.com> Tansel Ersavas writes: > A picture is worth a thousand words. A cliche with only limited basis in reality. Give me a single picture that conveys the total information caught by "mountain". > Besides, it is much more easier to teach people visually, if it is done It is well known that this depends on the cognitive bias of the person. A cut with an ax taxonomy would start with "geometers" and "algebraists" > Still I believe that the next generation will work predominantly with > pictures and will rarely revert to bulky chunks of text Hmmmm, do you really think any attempt you try to provide for my first question will be any where near as light weight as "mountain"??????? Take a look at the "byte-size" of even the simplest graphic in any representation you care to and compare it to a "corresponding textual description". /Jon -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com