OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria Object Oriented Programming

• Posted by Ray Smith <ray at RaymondSmith.com> Jan 02, 2007
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Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> Tapani Talvitie wrote:
> > Rob, what do you think, could this OOP functionality be added to the RDS
> > Euphoria
> > too some day? I just think that this is such an important thing that it
> > would
> > be good if it was shipped with the main distribution.
> 
> I would not want to add OOP to Euphoria.
> I think Euphoria should try to remain simple
> and accessible to beginners and hobbyists.
> OOP seems to be mainly beneficial in very large
> programs developed by multiple professional programmers.
> 
> We already have some add-on OOP libraries for Euphoria,
> such as Mike Nelson's Method Euphoria.
> 
> However, if a clear majority of Euphoria programmers
> wanted it, and someone was prepared to do it, I would
> not try to veto it. (I've recently seen what can happen 
> to dictators).
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>


I disagree,
I would like to see OO added to the base Euphoria language.
It can be added in such a way where if you wish NOT to use classes everything
continues as now. 

I don't think OO is limited to large multi person team projects.

I think Euphoria should be designed to work well for large as well as small
projects.

OO would also improve the usage of includes and libraries.

(I have no idea?) but maybe it could also improve the namespace problems
being discussed??

Regards,

Ray Smith
http://RaymondSmith.com