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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Subject: Re: IS C++ a language for the "average programmer"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.143214.4178@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:32:14 GMT
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- In article <15DEC199210345433@zeus.tamu.edu> sam4628@zeus.tamu.edu writes:
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- >Yes, but does OO _really_ allow you to tackle a more complex problem?
- >Or does it just allow you a new "notation" which is conveniently adapted
- >to the more complex type of problems? I've never heard of a programming
- >goal which absolutely required OO to achieve it
-
- It is not the programming goals that are so important as
- the meta-goals. For example, correctness, development speed
- through re-usability etc. To achive these we *do* need better languages
- and design techniques.
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