[ALUG] This is the ultimate in "object oriented" programming????

[Brett Parker]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:09:11PM +0000, Ian bell wrote:
> cl at isbd.net wrote:
> >So I have been playing a little with Ruby on Rails.  I have it up and
> >running and it works in a way but I'm totally unconvinced that it's
> >the answer to the ultimate question - or even the answer to writing
> >database apps for the web.
> >
> 
> The 'assumption' the object oriented' is 'always right' gets right up 
> my nose.

I'm all for functional programming *when* it makes sense, if it's
reusable, though, then OO is generally nicer - you can do some
"interesting" things in C when thinking in an OO way - you don't have
"objects" per say, but an implementable interface and dynamic loading of
libraries - makes life much easier if you start thinking of them as
objects.

OO may not be the best aproach all the time, but a lot of the time at
least thinking that way can assist in development and save a *lot* of
time in the long run.

Just my 2p.

-- 
Brett Parker