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From: kevinh@cmi.com (Kevin Hegg)
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Subject: Re: OOP--What do you think?
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Date: 22 Apr 91 12:44:00 GMT
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Lawson.English writes
> KH> Yes, I thought their class library and examples were cute, but 
> KH> they made some standard Mac code a lot more complicated and 
> KH> unreadable than it needs to be. I decided not to use their stuff 
> KH> anymore because I am not comfortable with the structure of their code 
> KH> and their non-standard OO language (not C++). I use MPW C and 
> KH> C++ solely now
>
> ??? Think C is just a port of Object Pascal to C. As Object Pascal has 
> been around for ever and ever (the Lisa had a prequel called Clascal, 
> and O-Pascal was a Nickie Wirth rewrite for Apple), I would call it pretty
> standard (at least on a Mac!).

I do not want to get into a language war. I think everyone should use 
whatever language they are most comfortable and productive with. However, 
my interests and work extend to more than the Mac. I have found C/C++ to 
provide me with the most flexibility when trying to move code from one 
computer to another. If I only lived on the Mac then I might have chosen a 
different language.  

> Readable, yes. Well-documented, yes. Well-structured? If you are using 
> an OOP-language, use OOA/D. Structured design and OOP do not fit well 
> together. If you use one, the other tends to, well, stink.

When I said "well-structured" I wasn't referring to using the old 
structured design methods. However, over the last 20 years a lot has been 
learned about how to structure code for reusability and maintainability. 
Not everything was bad with the "old" way of programming and not 
everything is good with OOP. I have never found one design method to be 
totally suitable. I try to use the best features of each method. 

Kevin Hegg, EDS Corp - Center for Machine Intelligence
2001 Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
Phone: (313) 995-0900  Internet: kevinh@cmi.com   Applelink: D5990