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From: Ville-Pertti Keinonen <will@exomi.com>
To: David Thomas <david_hd@yahoo.com>
Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Some Clarifications
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:53:04 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42E791C0.9050506@exomi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050727133654.44519.qmail@web30515.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

David Thomas wrote:

> language features provided to make it easier.  Any
> time you write a program that focuses on the
> components as "data and operations on that data," you
> have written an OO program.  This can be done in any

Not according to traditional terminology.  What you've done is used 
Abstract Data Types, which is one of the most basic forms of abstraction 
that anyone should learn in any programming language.

Of course I've seen quite a few programmers who don't have enough 
discipline to use consistent abstractions unless they're forced to 
encapsulate things in classes.


  reply	other threads:[~2005-07-27 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-27  9:38 Don Syme
2005-07-27 10:58 ` Jon Harrop
2005-07-27 11:55   ` Robert Roessler
2005-07-27 14:01     ` Richard Jones
2005-07-28  0:29       ` Robert Roessler
2005-07-27 18:42     ` skaller
2005-07-27 13:36   ` David Thomas
2005-07-27 13:53     ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen [this message]
2005-07-27 16:23   ` james woodyatt
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-07-27 14:32 David Thomas
2005-07-14 18:00 (Mostly) Functional Design? Kyle Consalus
2005-07-18  7:59 ` [Caml-list] " Robert Morelli
2005-07-19 20:14   ` Some Clarifications Robert Morelli
2005-07-20  6:18     ` [Caml-list] " Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2005-07-24  0:04       ` Robert Morelli
2005-07-24  2:30         ` Paul Snively
2005-07-24  7:37           ` Alex Baretta
2005-07-24  8:08           ` Robert Morelli
2005-07-24 12:23             ` David Teller
2005-07-24 18:29             ` skaller
2005-07-24 18:51             ` Paul Snively
2005-07-24 12:42         ` Gerd Stolpmann
2005-07-25  7:23         ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2005-07-20  7:34     ` David MENTRE
2005-07-27 15:37       ` Robert Morelli
2005-07-27 20:33         ` skaller
2005-07-27 23:48           ` Paul Snively
2005-07-20 16:28     ` Damien Doligez
2005-07-24 14:51       ` Robert Morelli
2005-07-24 16:11         ` David MENTRE
2005-07-25 12:21         ` Damien Doligez
2005-07-25 15:47           ` Richard Jones

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