Re: Euphoria being OO Survey.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <mistertrik at hotmail.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Euphoria being OO Survey.
>
> Just to ignite some discussion on the list, I'll reply to this. :oP
>
> In short:
>
> No.
>
> In long:
>
> Not entirely. There is a simplicity in having code that is just code. It's
> not instantiable, it's not a descendant of something, and it doesn't have
> any extras hanging around that could slow it down.
> Personally I loathe the way that Java works. Especially with the standard
> function libraries.
>
> What I think Euphoria should have:
>
structures!
>
> This allows for "pseudo" object orientedness. If you want to have some
data
> in easily recogniseable chunks, an array of structures is the way to go.
> It's easily recognisable as a discrete entity, and could run much faster
> than complicated multidimensional arrays with constants declared to point
to
> certain objects in the array (What I have to do now :o(. ) With this last
> basic data type, it would be complete euphoria's wonderful data system.
>
> I know that the freedom to dynamically mess with sequences in euphoria is
> wonderful, but the flip side to that is the introduction of odd bugs that
> came about because of a pair of oddly placed curlies (or lack thereof) in
> the depths of an algorithm. I think that for people who WANT their data to
> stay in fixed order - especially for the situations where you end up
trying
> to maintain it just as much as you are debugging the rest of your code -,
> structures should be allowed.
>
> As far as I see it, you could even have the best of both worlds. Have your
> dynamic sequences, with the ability to put anything anywhere, but also
have
> the ability to assign a structure to a member of that sequence. This would
> in my mind make it far easier to implement a more object-friendly
> environment, and simplify managing data that belongs in discrete groups.
>
> This of course, is just my opinion. I would love to hear debate from the
> community about what their thoughts on this issue are, and how it
> could/should/would be implemented.
>
> Alright, I've finished my rant.
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> >From: fred at jordah.freeserve.co.uk
> >Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
> >To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> >Subject: Euphoria being OO Survey.
> >Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:46:38 +0100
> >
> >
> >Do you think euphoria for win32 would be better off if it were
> >Object-Oriented?
> >
> >Please take a survey at
> >http://logicsoft.pcplayground.com/modules.php?name=Surveys&pollID=2
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