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Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing?

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Date 2019-11-13 05:53 -0800
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Subject Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing?
From Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name>

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On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 14:45:59 UTC+1, Julio Di Egidio  wrote:
> On Tuesday, 12 November 2019 21:30:24 UTC+1, Michael Haufe (TNO)  wrote:
<snip>
> > I won't assume what your
> > definition is in this context. What does "meta-programming"
> > mean in terms of a full-cycle methodology like OOAD?
> 
> Nothing much, meta-programming is a construction pattern that one can use
> irrespective of languages and platforms: indeed a pre-processor or generator
> of any sort does it, we are not limited by specific language features.
> 
> > Which "meta-programming" approach? 
> > 
> > A Meta-Object Protocol?
> > Scheme style macros?
> > C++ style static templates?
> > other?
> 
> As said, meta-programming is a construction pattern, not a tool or feature.

Indeed, I must thank you for bringing that up, as that kind of "literalism" just
taken to its extreme is exactly of the same kind that I mean by OO is misplaced
meta-programming.  "Instantiating the pattern"...

Julio

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[OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-11-11 08:51 -0800
  Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-11-11 10:54 -0800
    Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-11-12 07:09 -0800
      Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-11-12 12:30 -0800
        Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-11-14 19:29 +0100
          Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-11-14 10:40 -0800
          Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-11-15 11:09 -0800
            Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-11-16 04:05 +0100
        Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-11-13 05:45 -0800
          Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-11-13 05:53 -0800
            Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-11-13 10:44 -0800
          Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-11-13 10:42 -0800
    Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-11-14 08:18 -0800
    Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-11-14 09:44 -0800
      Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-11-15 11:16 -0800
        Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-11-17 15:13 +0000
    Re: [OT] Object orientation: is this still a thing? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-11-13 18:46 +0000

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