On 12 Sep 2002, Uri Guttman wrote: > there is missing context. that IS in a write() method already. it is > printing its data to a log file but it does other work as well.
Wait a minute! You mean we're arguing the same side??? 8^) > > i have been on both sides of that fence and still am. OO has its place > and it is not for all programs and projects. for stem it makes a major > difference and i chose to make it very OO. for smaller programs and > projects i tend not to use OO. > Agreed. That's pretty much my approach too. When I first learned about OO, I think I over used methods, especially in perl. The more experience I've gained with it, the more I realize that there are loads of subjective choices to be made, and you make those based on what feels right for the problem you're trying to solve. > but this is the print/write method. there has to be some time you stop > calling methods and do the real work. :) Right. Otherwise it'd have to be a management function ...8^) > i don't worry about speed too much anymore. buy a > faster machine is often the best and cheapest solution to speed > issues. one key feature about stem is that you can split any application > in it to multiple machines with almost no effort. so adding more cpu > power is easy. so i don't focus on speed. in fact i have almost never > benchmarked it. it is designed for ease of coding and configuration. and > OO is a help in that area. i am giving a talk at LISA in november and i > plan on offering it at the october meeting so you will see more on how i > use OO in stem. the title is the stem cookbook. Wow Uri, you and I agreeing on something??? 8^) Cool, I'll look forward to hearing more about stem. (Where *is* LISA this year?) Are you writing a real book, or is that the title of your talk? If the latter, will you make the slides available someplace for those of us who can't afford LISA? Thanks! <Steve> -- Steve Reppucci [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Logical Choice Software http://logsoft.com/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My God! What have I done? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
