David Freeman david_freeman@rocketmail.com writes:
Very True, but what method would you suggest instead of a clutch?
Continuously Varying Ratios, what else? People don't like them because they don't sound or behave like a "conventional" car, though.
Personally I think OO is very sensible, but everything needs to be OO, which Java and C++ aren't. Small talk I believe is the closest thing we have to a true OO langauge. [...]
Now this is why Ruby is attracting many compliments: everything is an object, so it is said. _Everything_. And it's been like that since the start. Anyone able to debunk those claims for me? ;-)
BBC basic was good for the reasons above, but bad cos it used goto's etc...
BBC BASIC *had* GOTO, but didn't *USE* it on its own ;-)
--- MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
David Freeman david_freeman@rocketmail.com writes:
Very True, but what method would you suggest instead of a clutch?
Continuously Varying Ratios, what else? People don't like them because they don't sound or behave like a "conventional" car, though.
OK, point taken. I'm not a mechanic
Personally I think OO is very sensible, but everything needs to be
OO,
which Java and C++ aren't. Small talk I believe is the closest
thing we
have to a true OO langauge. [...]
Now this is why Ruby is attracting many compliments: everything is an object, so it is said. _Everything_. And it's been like that since the start. Anyone able to debunk those claims for me? ;-)
Erm, but isn't that what smalltalk does?
BBC basic was good for the reasons above, but bad cos it used
goto's
etc...
BBC BASIC *had* GOTO, but didn't *USE* it on its own ;-)
Yes but people tended to use them and get into bad habits for when they progress to a proper language, like C.
Thanks
D
-- MJR
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