On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 06:35:36PM -0600, Douglas Roberts wrote: > Not to digress, but Dave kind of lost me one day at a FRIAM when he said > "C++ is not object oriented." I didn't really know what he meant, because > I've been using C++ for about 20 years now to accomplish polymorphism via > object inheritance, containment, and method specialization (with and without > templates) -- which use pretty much meets most definitions of OO programming > that I've encountered. > > Dave, I'd be interested in knowing what you meant... > > --Doug >
Most of the time this comment comes up, it seems to mean "C++ is not _just_ object oriented". It is capable of being used in many different programming styles. FWIW, C++ programs written in a pure OO style are hard to understand and debug. OO is a useful tool in the toolbox, not the panacea of everything. Cheers. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
