Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!amdahl!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!homxb!mtuxo!mtune!codas!usfvax2!pdn!pdnbah!reggie From: reggie@pdnbah.UUCP (George Leach) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: PARADIGM FLAME Message-ID: <1678@pdn.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 09:49:34 EST Article-I.D.: pdn.1678 Posted: Thu Oct 29 09:49:34 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 02:57:56 EST References: <236@titn.TITN> Sender: usenet@pdn.UUCP Reply-To: reggie@pdnbah.UUCP (George Leach) Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo, Florida Lines: 33 Keywords: paradigm != model Summary: Paradigm == Model!! In article <236@titn.TITN> jordan@titn.TITN (Jordan Bortz) writes: ><<>>> > >I'm sick and tired of wading through countless object oriented documents, >each one attempting to outdo the other in terms of raping the word >paradigm. > >For some reason, OO programmers everywhere have seen the word paradigm >written somewhere, think that it means model, or way-about-thinking-about- >programming (which it does not), and, without bothering to look it up, >splay it around documents for our edification anb obfusication. > [ More flaming deleted........] Jordon, I hate to break this to you, but according to Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition, Paradigm is defined as: a pattern, example, or model. ^^^^^ Furthermore, I have seen the usage of this word in contexts other than OOP! In fact, there was an entire issue of IEEE Computer (I believe) devoted to Multi-Paradigm Languages!!! So don't just complain here! Try comp.lang.misc or something else. George W. Leach Paradyne Corporation {gatech,codas,ucf-cs}!usfvax2!pdn!reggie Mail stop LF-207 Phone: (813) 530-2376 P.O. Box 2826 Largo, FL 34649-2826