MUHRTH@DB0TUI11.BITNET (Thomas Muhr) (01/23/90)
Dear smalltalkers, I would definitely feel better if I could implement a storeOn: for the recursive kind of objects which represent the most 'valuable' part of our text-interpretation support software. For instance: HermeneuticUnits contain sets of PrimaryTexts, which themselves are partitioned in Indi- cators (textpassages) with attached Codes (concepts) and SecondaryTexts, everything richly interconnected and imbedded in a HermeneuticSession, attached to User, Date and Time, Privileges and so on. The inbuilt storeOn methods reject 'recursive' objects, but this is exactly one of the predo- minant features of the object paradigma: the direct representation of the belonging-together of things ?! (or am I not right??) Has anybody found a general way to handle this (must surely include a kind of stack for all the objects which are already stored) or a general pro- cedure to approach this problem ? Thank you very much in advance - Thomas PS.: I am visiting New York City in April and would be very grateful for any suggestions concerning hotels (not the Ritz!) or things to visit and to be aware of. PS2: I would also like to come into contact with people working on tools for qualitative research in the social sciences. Any hint appreciated. Thanks again ------- Thomas Muhr, Technical University of Berlin, BITNET: muhrth@db0tui11 Project ATLAS - Computer Based Tools for Qualitative Research "Computers, like every technology, are a vehicle for the transformation of tradition." (WINOGRAD/FLORES)