beard@ux1.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard) (01/10/90)
In article <1719@novavax.UUCP> weiner@novavax.UUCP (Bob Weiner) writes: #In article <1130005@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes: # #> IEEE Spectrum, January 1990. Cover topic: "Technology '90". Under the #> major heading "Systems software", there is an article called #> "Object-oriented programming a hit" by Ted G. Lewis ("Expert Opinion"). #> Here's a passage from it: #> #> Perhaps the most powerful concept in object-oriented #> programming systems is inheritance. Objects can be #> created by inheriting the properties of other objects, #> thus removing the need to write any code whatsoever! #> Suppose, for example, a program is to process complex #> numbers consisting of real and imaginary parts. In a #> complex number, the real and imaginary parts behave like #> real numbers, so all of the operations (+, -, /, *, #> sqrt, sin, cos, etc.) can be inherited from the class of #> objects called REAL, instead of having to be written in #> code. This has major impact on programmer productivity. # #This passage when taken alone (since I have not read the article) #indicates that one can operate on 'complex numbers' as if they were #'real's. Try again. When I read the original posting, the original poster said something after the quote that seemed to indicate that he thought the article was a joke, something about the April 1 issue being a little early this year. I think that's about all the discussion this little ditty deserves. The article is about as watered down as you can get. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Patrick Beard, Macintosh Programmer (beard@lbl.gov) - - Berkeley Systems, Inc. ".......<dead air>.......Good day!" - Paul Harvey - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------