On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 11:09 -0700, Alexey Zinger wrote: > This seems like such a strange thing. We're talking about computer > science and engineering, not exactly liberal arts stuff. I understand > that many of us feel passionate about technology, mathematical > elegance and all of that, but the moment I start to take sides in a > "paradigm war" on the basis of personal allegiance to some thought > camp rather than pragmatism is the moment I should lose all > credibility and "exit the battlefield".
If it hadn't been for all the people taking sides based on politics and "belonging to a particular group" then object-oriented would not be where it is today. Read Thomas Kuhn, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". The Functional vs. Object-oriented Paradigm War is a wonderful paradigm of exactly what he was putting forward as science. > -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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