Forget the argument between OO and procedure oriented. Each has certain advantages and any embedded programmer who has created a state/ event jump table in assembly or C knows this.
I've programmed in C practically since it was invented, Smalltalk almost since it was invented, Java and Jscript and I am not that impressed with the way OO has gone in general. The time you save on one hand is wasted on the other (but I won't go any further down that road) And to judge a language because it has a really cool IDE or build environment kinda misses the point. Although, after working with ClearCase I completely understand the sentiment. And no doubt Eclipse has some mighty fine features! (and a few bugs) The whole "intent" with the OO movement was to reduce code replication and spend more time designing and less time coding. It's almost like we invented a scalable language with only 26 characters that we could place in limitless combination to form words and then trashed that deciding that using a different yet similar chinese symbol for every word was a better idea because it took up less space on the screen. Or maybe going back to the Roman number system is a slightly better example. So yes I am one of those guys who would much rather work with a really good set of object or function libraries and program in my simplistic C or even C++. But the better idea is to have a graphically based (even object oriented) code generator that allows you to drag and drop widgets where you want them, allows you to create a database by adding fields to a table with a few parameters and generates 99 percent of the code allowing you to attach single threads to an object or procedure or field entry. Not trying to offend anyone but I just am kinda dissappointed that my craft has become somewhat of a commodity and I still can't tell HAL2000 how I want the screen to look after 30 years but I still need to speak to him 20 different ways to get anything done :) Was it Job Security? Or just some smart guys wanting to sell more books? On Apr 29, 3:16 pm, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/29/08, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What does python give me that Java doesn't? Just curious. > > > you might have missed the sarcasm? ;-) > > > Michael > > Completely. There are people that still swear that all programs should > be written in C. > > On Apr 29, 5:45 pm, "Michael Rueger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 4/29/08, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What does python give me that Java doesn't? Just curious. > > > you might have missed the sarcasm? ;-) > > > Michael- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
