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: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1997/01/03 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 207384121 sender: news@organon.com (news) references: <5aa73v$p14@news3.digex.net> organization: Organon Motives, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-01-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article rmartin@oma.com (Robert C. Martin) writes: > In article , jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) wrote: >... > > With respect to this "led/leads" claim: Such as????? I can't think of > > _any_ where this is true. Though I can think of at least one > > important _implementation_ aspect where this seems to be true. > > > C++ is not a leader from the standpoint of theory. C++ does not present > an embodiment of any new technical theory. I can't think of anything > within C++ that was not tried in some other language first. Right. > What C++ *does* do is combine these features into a language that is > palatable to and usable by a very large cohort of engineers. C++ leads > in terms of acceptability. It presents the OO concepts in a way that is > acceptable the the majority of users. I can buy this too. > It would appear that Java is following suit, and is acceptable to a large > majority of users. Indeed it may be that Java will supplant C++ in several Most things are in this position. However, I would cast my self with those that see Java as having done this rather better than C++. > industrial domains. I think however, that there are several domains (e.g. > hard real time systems) in which C++ will remain predominant. Is there any truth to this???? I didn't think C++ was even much of a player in this particular arena. Certainly it is not as "dominant" here as say C (or probably Ada for that matter). /Jon -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com