eeartym@cybaswan.UUCP (Dr R.Artym eleceng ) (08/26/88)
Ralph Johnson's article was interesting --- Smalltalk and OOP have been around quite a while now, but it's still quite unusual to come across rules of thumb and folklore for the design of class hierarchies, convincing ones at any rate! A class tree listing is itself a valuable resource, even without any information on methods. You can spend many an hour, glass in hand and listing in the other, wondering "why the hell did they organize it that way?". This can be quite profitable, as by closing time you really understand the problem a lot better! How about posting listings of *YOUR* respective class hierarchies, both Ralph's group and you other large Smalltalk users? Amongst other things, this could help the C++ chaps a bit, as they've only just started out on the long road of class building. Incidentally, if you (Ralph) have a spare reprint of that paper you mentioned, I'd be very interested in receiving a copy! Journal of OOP hasn't appeared in our library yet --- who's the publisher? Rich -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keywords: Parallel, Applicative, and Object-Oriented Languages and Systems --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Richard Artym, + UUCP : ..!ukc!pyr.swan.ac.uk!eeartym Electrical Engineering Dept., + JANET : eeartym@uk.ac.swan.pyr University of Wales, + Phone : [(0792) or (+44 792)] 295536 Swansea, SA2 8PP, + Fax : [(0792) or (+44 792)] 295532 U.K. + Telex : 48358 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~