Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!gatech!hubcap!billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 9X Message-ID: <6759@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 12 Oct 89 19:20:15 GMT References: <4467@bd.sei.cmu.edu> Sender: news@hubcap.clemson.edu Reply-To: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu Lines: 14 From article <4467@bd.sei.cmu.edu>, by firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth): > On the other hand, consider the possibility that 'object-oriented' > is just the current fashionable brand of snake oil. Like 'lateral > thinking', 'right-brain thinking', 'egoless programming', and the > hula hoop. Incidentally, Grady Booch, who within the Ada community is probably the best-known FORMER proponent of that position, has now changed his tune. Ask him why. Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu