Re: Critique of Robert C. Martin's "Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices"

"topmind" <topmind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Patrick May wrote:
Let me reword it: Nobody can/will prove it objectively worse.

That's not a rewording, that's an attempt to squirm out of your
burden of proof.

It would be like asking somebody to prove that Santa does not exist.
It is not possible (unless simultaneous video-cams are put on every
spot).

If you can't prove it, retract it and stop making such claims.

Nobody HAS SO FAR proven that p/r is objectively worse. Why you
expect people to take your word for it and give up their favorite
tools for 60's navigational crap with a new name, I have no idea.

You are the one infesting a forum for the discussion of object
technology with your unsupported claims that object orientation is
flawed. The burden of proof is on you to prove your claims. The only
participants in this newsgroup who are claiming that one paradigm
suffices for all domains are the relational one trick ponies. None of
the participants who are discussing OO from a position of knowledge
are making the claims you seem to wish they were making.

Is the scientific spirit truly dead in software enginering? Are we
back to the days of Alchemy? We are, and people like you seem to
like it that way.

The hypocrisy, it burns!

It's posts like this that swing me from the opinion that you're
simply deluded and inexperienced to the view that you are deliberately
trolling with malice aforethought. You consistently make sweeping
claims with absolutely no support and, when pressed, retreat to "It's
just my opinion, you shouldn't treat it like a real claim." You
squirm and twist to avoid the burden of proof that clearly accrues to
your baseless assertions. You demand code, but refuse (or are unable)
to provide your "superior" version for review.

Demonstrate a little intellectual honesty and integrity yourself
before casting aspersions on others.

Sincerely,

Patrick

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