[svlug] languages (was Re: how to allow a user to ftp but not login?)

[Chris Waters]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 10:31:18PM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:33:17 -0700 
> Chris Waters <xtifr at dsp.net> wrote:

> > It's even possible (and I've seen it done) to write really really
> > bad OO code in C++!  

> The exclam is hardly needed.

You know that and I know that, but some people seem to have the idea
that C++ == OO == Inherently Good.  The kind of people who insist that
GTK+ isn't "really" OO because it's not written in C++.

> It is easy to write very bad OO code in every OO language I know of

Basically, I think it boils down to: it's possible to write bad code
in any language.  OO is really a side issue here.  It is not and will
never be the infamous silver bullet.

The more flexible (and therefore useful) a language is, the more rope
it offers to hang yourself with.

> Good OO is a design consideration.  Its not an implementation
> consideration.

Yup
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