Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-23 Thread David Crayford
@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:30:25 +, Allan Staller (allan.stal...@hcl.com) wrote about "Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing"." (in <SG2PR04MB0959A12157A5C714E7BF8E47E3430@SG2PR04MB0959.apcprd 04.prod.outlook.com>): My understan

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-22 Thread scott Ford
s not easy to do well. It's quite often done > > > > > > badly. When it's good, it's very good, but... (you know the rest). > > > > > > > > > > > I totally agree it's easy to do badly. But then again it's easy to do > > > > &

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-21 Thread David Crayford
ract base classes. Program to an interface not an implementation, use design patterns etc, etc. sas On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:06 PM, David W Noon <013a910fd252-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:30:25 +, Allan Staller (allan.stal...@hcl.com) wrote about "

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-21 Thread scott Ford
gt; I totally agree it's easy to do badly. But then again it's easy to do >>> well. All the lessons were learned back in the 90s. Prefer composition >>> over inheritance, in fact never use inheritance unless using abstract >>> base classes. Program to an interface not an

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-21 Thread David Crayford
tserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:30:25 +, Allan Staller (allan.stal...@hcl.com) wrote about "Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing"." (in <sg2pr04mb0959a12157a5c714e7bf8e47e3...@sg2pr04mb0959.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com>): My under

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-21 Thread scott Ford
on > > <013a910fd252-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:30:25 +, Allan Staller > > > (allan.stal...@hcl.com) wrote about "Re: too true: Vulture Central on > > > "the next big thing"."

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-21 Thread David Crayford
2017 at 4:06 PM, David W Noon <013a910fd252-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:30:25 +, Allan Staller (allan.stal...@hcl.com) wrote about "Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing"." (in <sg2pr04mb0959a12157a5c

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-21 Thread Edward Gould
> On Oct 20, 2017, at 1:24 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > > I can relate to this article even though I'm an ancient fart. O-O never made > much sense to me, but confess that I never really dug into it either. When I > got into this biz in the late 70s, the hot thing was

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread Steve Smith
te about "Re: too true: Vulture Central on > "the next big thing"." (in > <sg2pr04mb0959a12157a5c714e7bf8e47e3...@sg2pr04mb0959.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com>): > >> My understanding (albeit limited) is that O-O is modular programming with the >>

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread David W Noon
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:30:25 +, Allan Staller (allan.stal...@hcl.com) wrote about "Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing"." (in <sg2pr04mb0959a12157a5c714e7bf8e47e3...@sg2pr04mb0959.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com>): > My understanding (albeit li

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread Charles Mills
: Vulture Central on "the next big thing". My understanding (albeit limited) is that O-O is modular programming with the concept of "inheritance" added. I am not sure if SP caused modular or vice-versa. -- Fo

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread Allan Staller
inson Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 1:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing". I can relate to this article even though I'm an ancient fart. O-O never made much sense to me, but confess that I never really dug into it either. When

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 4:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing". http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/20/whats_the_real_point_of_being_a_dev_its_saving_management_from_

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread John McKown
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:36 AM, David Crayford wrote: > Bit old hat really! Isn't the next big thing functional programming with > immutable objects and pipelines? OO is already the dominant paradigm but > the shift is towards functional to make use of parallel processing

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread David Crayford
Bit old hat really! Isn't the next big thing functional programming with immutable objects and pipelines? OO is already the dominant paradigm but the shift is towards functional to make use of parallel processing on multi-core machines. I remember how mind bending it was trying to get my head

Re: too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 06:58:11 -0500, John McKown wrote: >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/20/whats_the_real_point_of_being_a_dev_its_saving_management_from_themselves/ > We saw it coming... Down in the trenches where I was, no programmer believed that the future would become O-O.

too true: Vulture Central on "the next big thing".

2017-10-20 Thread John McKown
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/20/whats_the_real_point_of_being_a_dev_its_saving_management_from_themselves/ -- I just child proofed my house. But the kids still manage to get in. Maranatha! <>< John McKown -- For