On Saturday 16 June 2001 10:03, you wrote:
> > My next direction is OOP, but I have found it to be a
> > little beyond my grasp each time I try. Maybe with this
> > list's help I can get it.
>
> First you have to unlearn.
>
> Imagine you knew nothing about programming.
>
> Now, I introduce a thing called a variable:
>
> my Dog $spot;
>
> (ok, the current syntax is different, but let's ignore that.)
>
> Accept the natural English reading of this.
>
> One would not be too surprised to see that followed by:
>
> $spot->bark;
>
> or
>
> $spot->hair(long);
>
> One would also not be too surprised to hear that you
> don't have to write the recipe for bark and hair -- that
> this is something known by all Dogs.
>
> And that:
>
> my Dog $rex;
>
> has a hair length independent of $spot's.
>
> Imo, that's pretty much all there is to it. Everything
> else is just icing on the OOP cake (more functionality)
> plus the concrete syntax (a little daunting at first).
>
> (Please, no wars about definitions of OOP. For example,
> it's been clear for more than 10 years that inheritance is
> most definitely not an essential ingredient of strong OOP.)
wow finaly an explanation of OOP that I can understand !!!!!
what an elegant way of explaining it , thanks
Greg
