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- From: paul@svl.cdc.com (Paul Kohlmiller)
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- Subject: Re: Advanced Degrees in OOP
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- Date: 3 Sep 92 06:03:21 GMT
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- I appreciate the comments so far. I wasn't thinking of an MBA in OOP but
- something like that. Let's call it a MSCS with OO emphasis.
- I agree that OOP might be too restrictive but not OO. I don't think I see OO as
- more narrow than AI but I'm getting dangerously close to AI bashing again.
- At ObjectWorld Steve Jobs said something like "Aren't we in danger of having the
- phrase 'object oriented' become as meaningless as 'Artificial Intelligence'?
- "
- The context was some OO demos that naturally looked a little sickly next to NeXT
- On the other hand, OO will someday be replaced with something else but probably
- something that does an even better job of modeling reality (whatever that is).
- Certainly, all of the programming techniques (languages and style and design)
- that I learned in college have been replaced. I still need to decipher hex
- numbers but I learned that in 7th grade. I'm not sure if the transient nature
- of software technology makes it too narrow of a focus.
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- // Paul H. Kohlmiller // "Cybers, Macs and Mips" //
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- // All comments are strictly my own. I won't lie but my //
- // perception of reality is at best a personal hunch. //
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