Re: Confessions of an "OO Foreigner"

From: Howard Brazee (howard_at_brazee.net)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:54:12 GMT

On 31-Dec-2003, thaneh@softwaresimple.com (Thane Hubbell) wrote:

> > Your view of OO seems limited to COBOL (where I agree it has not fulfilled
> > its promise yet.) In other areas and other languages it HAS fulfilled its
> > promise.
>
> I've worked on large complex systems written in a variety of
> languages. I've never seen a procedural code based system collapse
> under it's own weight - I have seen SEVERAL OO systems implode.

So what is OO's promise?

(Big, complicated, interrelated systems are much more likely to implode than
other systems - regardless of methodology).

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