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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public 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 From: rmartin@oma.com (Robert C. Martin) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1997/01/27 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 212562473 references: <32D11FD3.41C6@wi.leidenuniv.nl> <5bub0e$jfc@uni.library.ucla.edu> organization: Object Mentor Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-01-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <5bub0e$jfc@uni.library.ucla.edu>, jmartin@cs.ucla.edu (Jay Martin) wrote: > Since C > programmers are notorously ignorant of computer language design, the > audience is not too discerning. This is a an unworthy, biased, and biggotted statement. The only common attribute shared by the class of people called "C programmers" is that they write programs in C. They do not share any form of common ignorance. Any notoriety to that effect comes from those who erroneously take such notice. They form another class of people whose sole common characteristic is that they think C programmers are ignorant. -- Robert C. Martin | Design Consulting | Training courses offered: Object Mentor | rmartin@oma.com | Object Oriented Design 14619 N Somerset Cr | Tel: (847) 918-1004 | C++ Green Oaks IL 60048 | Fax: (847) 918-1023 | http://www.oma.com "One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'" -- Carl Sagan