Re: The Gist of Object Oriented Programming

From: Peter Olcott (olcott_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 04/22/04


Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:57:59 GMT


> > I would assume that they are reading that sentence because they intend
> > to learn what object-oriented programming is. And the idea isn't to gain
> > the reader's interest, it's to acquaint them with the concepts.
>
> I haven't assumed anything about the reader's motivation. Depending on
> context, then, either of our approaches might be more appropriate.

I have a business degree, and a computer science degree. In commuication
such as the one that I am describing, the method is AIDA:
Attention, Interest, Desire, Action. Any mere elaboration of the ideas
involved in OOP simply misses this point.



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