Re: Interesting take on Paradigms (OO vs Procedural)


"Rick Smith" <ricksmith@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:13ur3032ivqhu44@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:65572qF2devk5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[snip]

I think the whole debate over OO is pointless. The world has voted with
its
feet. Trying to pretend there is nothing different or advantageous in
using
OO, over standard COBOL, is like trying to pretend that a car is really
just
a horse...

What is, and ought to be, central to the discussion is
the use of OO for core business applications, such as
accounting. IBM created the San Francisco Project,
as I understand it, as a means for VARs to implement
core business applications using Java. The project was
cancelled. It is not clear to me why it was cancelled,
but the thousands of VARs that might have benefited
from this free software apparently saw no reason to
use it.

But, hey, if you are not using OO for core business
applications, then you may not be able to appreciate
the problems. <g>



Nobody doubts that COBOL was great for business applications of the past.
While it is possible to use COBOL for internet based business applications
most people have chosen to go with OO.


.