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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A> (Caliban Tiresias Darklock)</LI>
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On Thu, 22 May 1997 20:18:15 PST8PDT, clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
>OO merely adds a different viewpoint and framework to coding. Much
>very good structured programming is *also* OO in approach. Its not a
>new or unique technology, its not a new set of previously missing
>definitions, its a paradign shift which restructures your view and
>approach to the same old field of programming.
True, and of course paradigm shifts aren't easy when you're moving from
a discipline you have down cold to a discipline that starts off by
telling you that everything you know is wrong.
>I'd note here that the standard C++ library now encludes the IOStreams
>and STL libraries, which gives you all the collection classes and an
>extensible IO framework. Your contention was much more supportable a
>year or two ago.
Which is about how long ago I took my most recent serious look at C++
and pronounced it a total crock... ;)
>>The benefits of C++ are in code reuse, but code reuse is not always
>>an appropriate thing, and you have to have some C++ code to reuse
>>first.
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>True, however the code base for generic re-use is getting large enough
>that its becoming attractive in its own right. (eg STL, ACE, OSE,
>Arjuna, etc. See the C++ libraries FAW for other details).
I don't generally trust other people's code. I always seem to find some
pathologically stupid thing in it, and if they won't give me the source
I'm DEFINITELY not interested. ;)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00776" HREF="msg00776.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 17:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00799" HREF="msg00799.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 05:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00721" HREF="msg00721.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk</a>, Sat 24 May 1997, 06:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00703" HREF="msg00703.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00709" HREF="msg00709.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 23 May 1997, 12:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00681" HREF="msg00681.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Brandon Gillespie <a href="mailto:brandon#cold,org">brandon#cold,org</a>, Thu 22 May 1997, 04:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00682" HREF="msg00682.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Thu 22 May 1997, 04:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00691" HREF="msg00691.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 22 May 1997, 09:53 GMT
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