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Re: Object programming with data... [message #30858 is a reply to message #30857]

Sun, 19 May 2002 13:12

Randall Skelton
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Registered: October 2000

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On Sat, 18 May 2002, David Fanning wrote:

> I can't speak for others, but one reason I haven't written a object
> programming book because it is damn hard to write a book, and too easy
> to play tennis and enjoy my marriage.

I know this all too well... one thesis down, one more to go...

> Another reason is that I just
> keep plowing on, finding all kinds of reasons to like objects,
> amazed at their unbelievable usefulness, and completely unaware of
> these glaring limitations.

There aren't that many glaring limitations... but I think this is
certainly one of them.

> Imagine how embarrassed I would be to write
> a book that didn't even mention operator overloading! I would be the
> laughing stock of the OO community. :-(

I cannot imagine you being the laughing stock of the OO or IDL community.
To many of us, you are the mythical guru who lives high in the Colorado
mountains... I personally plan to organize a pilgrimage.

On a slightly different topic, is it possible to define a function that
takes an arbitrary number of parameters? i.e. how do I write a function
'sum' that takes 'n' variables and sums them? (yes, in this case I could
use 'total' but that's not the point...)

Cheers,
Randall

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		Re: Object programming with data... By: David Fanning on Sun, 19 May 2002 15:28
		Re: Object programming with data... By: David Fanning on Sun, 19 May 2002 15:20
		Re: Object programming with data... By: Randall Skelton on Sun, 19 May 2002 14:22
		Re: Object programming with data... By: Craig Markwardt on Sun, 19 May 2002 14:12
		Re: Object programming with data... By: Randall Skelton on Sun, 19 May 2002 13:12
		Re: Object programming with data... By: David Fanning on Sat, 18 May 2002 07:39
		Re: Object programming with data... By: merlecorp on Wed, 22 May 2002 14:52
		Re: Object programming with data... By: Jaco van Gorkom on Wed, 22 May 2002 08:39
		Re: Object programming with data... By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 23 May 2002 08:28

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