Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: soulspirit@gmail.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Design Question Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:55:06 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 20 Message-ID: <28248718.48.1324421706183.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbnd7> References: <9703975.362.1324395730498.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@preg20> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.66.219.252 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1324421813 5673 127.0.0.1 (20 Dec 2011 22:56:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:56:53 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=151.66.219.252; posting-account=uWiQ9QoAAAAM2odDW2eC5tp9A4qZd5Xo User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10916 On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:51:00 PM UTC+1, Gene Wirchenko wrote: [...] > >> There are a number of acceptable answers. If you are just > >> learning OOP, using it could be a good exercise in using a simple > >> example so you can be sure you understand. This does not mean that it > >> is, in general, a good approach for your problem. > > > >And yet it is. > > Nope. It is a tool. There are areas where it is good, and > others where it is not. I agree! I think I would never follow OOP paradigms to program my 10yrs old washing machine's firmware. But just try to add a little more complexity to the ploblem et voila', OOP comes to. Reading at your posts Gene, I'm increasingly convinced you'd do better in a computer history museum... even more when you try to defend your anachronistic convincements. -- SoulSpirit