Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?

[Hubert <herrdoktor@fumanchu.com>]

> No, this requires a demonstration, e.g. two similar projects designed by
> two similar teams.

To my knowledge, no such studies have ever been conducted, yet the OO 
proponents always claim that their way is superior. Over the past 20 
years there hasn't been any improvement in the usability of software I 
can see. Microsoft for instance has already moved away from the big 
"foundation classes". Most of what I see in the STL and the Ada 
libraries are templates / generics.

OOP has it's merit, for instance in UI design where it actually fits the 
reality of widgets.

I stand by my opinion that OO is dangerous because it gives the false 
impression of being easy to handle when in fact it is not.

However, this discussion is fruitless here and elsewhere. Software 
Design principles are a bit like religions especially since Software 
Design is not science but rather art and craftsmanship, otherwise two 
different teams would come to the same solution given the same problem 
and the same set of tools, which we know they will not, so we can 
continue this ad infinitum and won't find a common denominator. Besides, 
the OOP side has already won since there is basically no alternative in 
today's curriculum at universities to my knowledge.









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