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- From: dan@BofA.com (Dan Brockman)
- Subject: Re: Criticisms Wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.053142.1218@BofA.com>
- Organization: Bank of America, Capital Products, RMTG #5906
- References: <1992Nov8.170309.12301@cc.gatech.edu> <BxGu0p.D3o@slipknot.rain.com> <1992Nov10.212718.2852@taumet.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 05:31:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.212718.2852@taumet.com> steve@taumet.com (Steve Clamage) writes:
- >robert@slipknot.rain.com (Robert Reed) writes:
- >
- >|But the
- >|point is that C++ has been reputed to be a language that finally makes the
- >|concept of "software components" realizable. The argument goes that if you
- >|still have to examine the internal workings of component classes to determine
- >|how to best use them, then their value as components has been greatly
- >|diminished.
- >
- >I don't see how this is different in C++ than in any other programming
- >language. You have an interface declaration and (one hopes) some
- >documentation, but how do you know whether the actual component works
- >as claimed?
-
- IMHO C++ is just one more modular language in this respect, sales pitches
- notwithstanding. FORTRAN made "software components" realizable in the 50's.
-
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