OpenEuphoria

Re: Object Oriented Programming

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Jul 05, 1999
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On Mon, 05 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> >Gary Dumer writes:
> >> are you ever going to add OOP to the official release
> >> of Euphoria? OOP that is part of the core language, not
> >> an add on library?
> >
> >Maybe someday. It's not very high on my list at the moment.
> >The *concept* of OOP is appealing, but I would hate to follow the
> >slippery slope that turned C into C++.

> Yes... but, sadly, C++ isn't about to do a C-- and revert back to C. I'm
> afraid we're stuck with it. And, it seems there's a GREAT interest in the
> members of the mailing list.
>
We're trying to avoid also get stuck with Euphoria++ :)
OOP is great for some things, terrible for others, and like
most things, over-hyped.

I am unable to see, for example, how objects would be much help
in writing my next program - a billing program for a trucking company.*
On the other hand, if I were designing a graphics package, I would
certainly want to use an oop approach.

And please don't make OOP mandatory - my fingers get tired from all
that extra typing.

*Examples to prove me wrong are welcome.

Irv