Re: Interesting take on Paradigms (OO vs Procedural)

"Rick Smith" <ricksmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I think the whole debate over OO is pointless. The world has voted with
> its
>> feet. Trying to pretend there is nothing different or advantageous in
> using
>> OO, over standard COBOL, is like trying to pretend that a car is really
> just
>> a horse...
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> What is, and ought to be, central to the discussion is
> the use of OO for core business applications, such as
> accounting. IBM created the San Francisco Project,
> as I understand it, as a means for VARs to implement
> core business applications using Java. The project was
> cancelled. It is not clear to me why it was cancelled,
> but the thousands of VARs that might have benefited
> from this free software apparently saw no reason to
> use it.
>
> But, hey, if you are not using OO for core business
> applications, then you may not be able to appreciate
> the problems. <g>
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>

Nobody doubts that COBOL was great for business applications of the past. 
While it is possible to use COBOL for internet  based business
applications 
most people have chosen to go with OO.