Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Definition of 'reuse' (was Re: a real long title) Message-ID: Date: 1 Jul 91 04:10:08 GMT References: <1991Jun11.062703.15671@netcom.COM> <1991Jun14.103725.2765@dit.upm.es> <1194@tetrauk.UUCP> <4192@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 18 In-reply-to: dmg@ssc-vax's message of 25 Jun 91 14:05:33 GMT >>>>> On 25 Jun 91 14:05:33 GMT, dmg@ssc-vax (David M Geary) said: DMG> On the flip side, I think that it's relatively easy for a decent DMG> programmer, recently schooled in the OOP methodology to write reusable DMG> code. Many issues such as when to use inheritance, what data to make DMG> visible to subclasses, etc. will take some experience to iron out, but I DMG> still maintain that a good degree of reuse is possible right off the bat. Do you really think that, without that experience, the achieved "degree of reuse" will be any more than a function library working on well-known data structures? -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"