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Re: Object oriented programming?

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On 5/29/2013 7:25 AM, root wrote:
> My programming experience began before the advent of Object Oriented
> Programming so the concepts are vague to me. It would help if
> someone could sketch out how OOP would enter into some of tasks
> I have done.
>
> I have written my own text editor, the general structure is:
>
> Initialize stuff
> read in any starting text
>
> while(1)
> 	display text
> 	accept user command
> 	process user command
>
> If one were to use OOP concepts and start writing a new text
> editor, how would objects change this picture?
>
> Similarly, a program such as Mathematica would look like
>
> Initialize stuff
> Read program
> Read data
>
> while program
> 	interpret line
> 	process data
>
> In this case steps in the program would include various operations
> on the data. Not unlike the editor case.
>
>
> Simpler programs, such as filters look like:
>
> read stream
> filter stream
> output filtered stream
>
> How do OOP concepts come into such program design.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

You show only one aspect of your program structure, the sequence of
operations. Presumably, each of your programs also has data structures.
To get into an OO mindset, begin by stating the structure primarily in
terms of the data. Then associate the relevant operations with each data
structure.

Patricia

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Object oriented programming? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-05-29 14:25 +0000
  Re: Object oriented programming? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2013-05-29 18:19 +0200
    Re: Object oriented programming? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-05-30 13:51 +0000
      Re: Object oriented programming? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2013-05-30 19:48 +0200
  Re: Object oriented programming? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2013-05-29 09:21 -0700
    Re: Object oriented programming? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-05-30 13:56 +0000
  Re: Object oriented programming? James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-05-29 13:05 -0700
    Re: Object oriented programming? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-05-30 14:07 +0000
      Re: Object oriented programming? "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2013-05-30 10:49 -0500
      Re: Object oriented programming? James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-06-01 12:18 -0700
  Re: Object oriented programming? Kicer <a@b.c> - 2013-05-29 22:13 +0200
    Re: Object oriented programming? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-05-30 14:22 +0000
      Re: Object oriented programming? Kicer <a@b.c> - 2013-06-01 02:54 +0200
        Re: Object oriented programming? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2013-06-01 07:43 -0700
          Re: Object oriented programming? Kicer <a@b.c> - 2013-06-05 18:16 +0200
  Re: Object oriented programming? rugxulo@gmail.com - 2013-05-30 22:22 -0700
    Re: Object oriented programming? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-05-31 14:05 +0000
      Re: Object oriented programming? "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2013-05-31 12:12 -0400
        Re: Object oriented programming? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-05-31 20:31 +0000
          Re: Object oriented programming? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-06-01 00:59 +0100
  Re: Object oriented programming? Willem <willem@turtle.stack.nl> - 2013-06-01 07:54 +0000
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  Re: Object oriented programming? Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2013-06-02 13:11 -0700
    Re: Object oriented programming? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-06-03 11:06 -0700

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