Re: saving a URL/newbie rant

>       The things that baffled me the most was that the library was written
> is pseudo-C++.  The docs spoke of methods and objects when in all actuality
> there were none!  I really wished that the library WAS written in C++.

Due to popular demand (read outcry), I wrote a description of the C++ in
C encapsulation scheme used in the library. Please see
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Library/User/Platform/Style.html

> Why in the age of Object-Oriented revolution, when most of algorithms
> and design methods are developped using some kind of OO methods, would
> you choose a non-OO language and try your darnest to make it look like
> an OO one?

And for my 2 cents: Object-Oriented is an approach, not a language. :)

-eric

Received on Thursday, 23 May 1996 14:51:16 UTC