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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Subject: Re: What is Object Oriented Programming? Is C doomed?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.085942.29270@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- References: <id.Z2UV._XK@ferranti.com> <1992Dec17.194300.25301@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <id.IDYV.8C9@ferranti.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:59:42 GMT
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- In article <id.IDYV.8C9@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec17.194300.25301@ucc.su.OZ.AU> maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller) writes:
- >
- >> I agree, but many programming tasks dont require that
- >> much design. There's often just a whole lot of tedious coding to
- >> do.
- >
- >Examples? When I have a lot of tedious coding, I generally write a
- >program to write the program for me.
-
- Oh, I've done lots of tedious file maintenance.
- 20 files, each with 20 fields gives 400 fields to input,
- output, print and check.
-
- Even with the best tools, say a DBMS, you still
- have to type in the field names, lengths, valididty
- conditions etc. After you'vr done this sort of thing 20
- times before, there is no design to do, you know how to
- do it, you just have to get stuck into it and do it.
-
- Incidentally, you mentioned if you have
- lots of coding to do you write a program to write the program.
- This is a great idea, but one want to avoid too much
- time spent on the program the customer isnt paying for.
- In the long run its only worth it if the program is general
- enough. For example, its controlled by some language.
- For example C++ .. and excellent choice since I already
- *have* that program :-)
-
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