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On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:55:06 -0800 (PST), soulspirit@gmail.com wrote:

>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.

     Well, no.  Not necessarily.

>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.

     It is sad that anything different from what we have now is often
considered anachronistic.

     I like wheels.  Wheels are far older than any of the ideas I have
defended.  Do you like wheels?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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