mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) (03/08/85)
The net has seen quite a bit of discussion about the merits of object-oriented programming. There is no need to start that up again, but I do want to know why proponents of o-o in general, or certain languages in particular, feel the way they do. I therefore invite anyone with strong feelings on the subject to MAIL me their responses to the following questions. Please MAIL directly to me; I will summarize if it seems useful to do so. What makes a language object-oriented? What makes a program object-oriented? (necessary conditions, sufficient conditions?) What are the advantages of object orientation? Are there any disadvantages? Are any of these languages object-oriented: Ada, Clu, Lisp, Simula, Pascal? Any other gratuitous comments? Detractors of object-oriented are equally welcome to explain why it's all a load of fetid dingo's kidneys. Please mail directly to me. I plan to ignore postings to the net, just to be obstinate. -- *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR SIGNATURE *** Jon Mauney mcnc!ncsu!mauney C.S. Dept, North Carolina State University