Chris Green wrote:
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 09:16:50AM +0000, Ian bell wrote:
Chris Green wrote:
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 01:04:21AM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
Personally I see nothing wrong with this behaviour or the problem in having a desktop folder (on either Windows or Linux)
I think that the whole concept of pretending that a computer's file system maps sensibly onto a 'desktop' and 'folders' is pretty silly. It hides too much of the power of a good computer file system.
I hate C++ for similar reasons ;-)
I'm with you there to some extent. It depends on the application. Many of the parts of the system I work on are low level comms. type things where the process is essentially sequential and doesn't fit the OO paradigm very well. On the other hand there are places (like GUI graphics and database applications) where OO does make some sense.
ISTR that at Xeros PARC when they were developing WIMP was the time the OO paradigm was devloped specifically for GUIs. I can see its relevance in that context. What I am not happy about is the assertion that it is applicable to everything else. IMHO it is a tool like any other - only as good as the hands it is in and not suitable for every job.
Ian