Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

mark_lundquist@my-deja.com writes:

> As near as I can tell, OOP means either (a) class-oriented programming,
> or (b) inheritance (type extension) + polymorphism (dynamic dispatch).

I had hoped to say "OOP is Object Oriented Programming. This means
structuring the code around objects, and using information hiding and
abstraction to enforce the notion of objects".

In that sense, a lot of C code is Object Oriented, and certainly all
of my code is, since my college graduate days.

But in the light of the recent Latin thread, where we learned that
citing the original meaning of words is not relevant, we have take
Mark's statement to mean "It appears that common useage of the term
OOP is either (a) ... or (b)...".

> Class-oriented programming, in my opinion, is a weak concept. But if
> all that is meant is type extentsion and polymorphism, then just as
> you say they are one tool of many in the kit (and not really
> deserving of such a grandiloquent designation as Object Oriented
> Programming).

Agreed.

> That's why I think OOP is such a crummy term.

Perhaps we need a new term, to get back to the original meaning! I'm
stuck on Object Oriented. Any better ideas?

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-- Stephe