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- From: checker@acf3.nyu.edu (Christopher Hecker)
- Subject: Re: abstraction (was: Re: Give me a break)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.020241.11513@cmcl2.nyu.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:02:41 GMT
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- >|Now, how about addressing the point: if you agree that it is possible to
- >|write an efficient class library that does a good job of abstracting the
- >|problem domain, why didn't Microsoft do it?
- >The MFC people did do so, you just disagree with them as to what "the
- >job" is.
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- I guess so.
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- >I argue simply: if MFC isn't doing a good job, then why are several
- >other C++ compiler houses licensing it for distribution with their compilers?
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- Hmm, I'm not sure you want to make this argument. Carried to its
- extreme, we could say, why are so many people using OWL?
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- Chris
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