Mon, 5 Oct 1998 20:32:55 GMT
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> > > * Java is a small language (not necessarily an advantage, but certainly a difference)
> > > * Java is "pure" OO. This is probably the biggest technical advantage of Java
> > > over Ada. A hybrid language like Ada95 or C++ tends to be the worst of two worlds.
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> Where is it written that "pure OO" is a necessary or even
> desirable goal? I believe in mixing the gene pool.
In a recent interview in IEEE Software (or was it Computer?), Barne
Stroustrup cited as an advantage the fact that C++ supports multiple
programming paradigms. I agree with him.
The argument that "pure OO" is better is a vestige of our unbridled
enthusiam for all things object-oriented in the 80's. Arguments like
this are just religion - what I call the Argument By Appeal to Higher
Authority.
What these people forget is that systems (both natural and artificial)
are constructed using a variety of techniques. Nature doesn't care
about purity, only dogmatic programming language designers do. Mother
Nature, and organizations that fund development of software systems,
only care about what works.
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