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On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 22:27:53 -0400, Nathan Kopp <Nat### [at] Kopp com>
wrote:
>Jerry Anning wrote:
>>
>> I don't object to object orientation in principle, although I despise
>> the long-winded dot notation.
>
>... but since when is dot notation long-winded? A dot,
>being a single character, is about as short as you can get. What I
>dislike is having to put "#declare" in front of all assignment statements.
>It's worse than the LET in very old versions of BASIC.
I've just seen too many pathological specimens that look like:
Object.box.face.vertical.x_axis_normal.left.ColorVector.red.Increment(.2)
I exaggerate, but the point should be clear. "#declare" irritates me
too. I suppose that in my perfect world everything would be an APL
one-liner....
Jerry Anning
clem "at" dhol "dot" com
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