Jonah Thomas <jethomas5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> John Passaniti <nntp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Jonah Thomas wrote:
>> > One of the early promises of OO was that great designers could set
>> > up OO systems that mediocre coders could then use, and the coders
>> > would find things arranged so simply that they wouldn't make
>> > mistakes. This promise has failed, probably inevitably. Instead we
>> > sometimes get mediocre designers making OO systems that get in the
>> > way for good programmers who come after them. Of course this is not
>> > exactly a flaw in OO, it's a misuse of OO. But the marketing promise
>> > that OO would be hard to misuse has failed.
>>
>> Again with the unsup****ted statements. We're supposed to believe that
>>
>> OO hasn't delivered on a promise because... Jonah says so? First,
>> demonstrate the promise isn't just a straw man argument you're
>> inventing. Then, provide something more than anecdotal evidence for
>> the promise not being met.
> Don't believe anything just because I say so.
We don't.
> For me this is a minor side issue. Arguing with you about it is
> useless to me. If I prove my point, you will drop this topic and
> pick on something else. If there's room to argue you'll go on
> arguing. Life's too short to spend it arguing about minor side
> issues with people who just want to pick at them.
> Agree or disagree, I don't care. I'll try to focus on the parts that are
> central to me.
It would be nice if you tried to focus on the parts you know something
about.
Andrew.
|
