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- From: objsys@netcom.com (Bob Hathaway)
- Newsgroups: comp.object
- Subject: Re: O.M(...) vs M(...), and is the Real World O-O?
- Message-ID: <4zknf9h.objsys@netcom.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 19:37:54 GMT
- References: <a6bb2744@infoage.com> <45jnpm_.objsys@netcom.com> <KERS.92Sep2090951@cdollin.hpl.hp.com>
- Organization: Object Systems
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- In article <KERS.92Sep2090951@cdollin.hpl.hp.com> kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) writes:
- >It so happens that I've recently continued reading ``Women, Fire, and Dangerous
- >Things'' (details available on request), which contains a detailed criticism of
- >the view Bob esposes and mentions in this paragraph. I am in no position (yet)
- >to effectively recreate the arguments, or to say how sound they are, but they
- >bear similarities to the views that I have proposed in previous messages, viz,
- >that ``objects'' are a construction of the human mind.
-
- I've read the book too. It is discussing what I call mental worlds and not
- real worlds so your argument is not applicable. Further discussion on the
- distinction (and my terminology, if you'll be so kind) will be Ok but please
- don't belabor the obvious.
-
- > Including physical laws calls for a simulation with some kind of physical-
- > world model. Such a model can be elegantly designed with an object-oriented
- > model and I have presented at least one trivial way. This means the
- > object-oriented constructs are simply used to simulate and model the
- > real-world. For example, the "world" will enforce an equal and opposite
- > reaction whenever an object undergoes some force in the world model.
- >
- >Isn't this use of a ``world'' a violation of the object-oriented model you
- >propose?
-
- Absolutely not. It is a perfect use of object-oriented technology as I've
- already given you many examples and explanations of. Please stop trying to
- discuss these subjects, they are an interest of mine and I'm beginning to think
- that you discuss these subjects with no background or tenability and you
- should leave these specific subjects to people who do. I'm not meaning to
- be overbearing, but we've covered all of this already.
-
- bob
- objsys@netcom.com
-