Wasn't it Bernard Shaw that said "creativity is the ability to cleverly mask one's sources".....
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: RE: OT: OO vs procedural (was: What's the difference...) One of the original ideas for C++ was to have a virtual machine as well. So that concept is very old as well. Face it, us computer people are terribly uncreative :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Ewings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:58 am Subject: RE: OT: OO vs procedural (was: What's the difference...) > CF isn't a new way or concept of developing applications. Not > like the > encapsulation and inheritance properties of OO. For me the most > recent "new > step" was Java and the way the code is executed by JVM's across multi > providers. the other was the introduction of OLEDB as a datasource > connectivity layer > > -----Original Message----- > From: John McCosker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 March 2002 16:53 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: OT: OO vs procedural (was: What's the difference...) > > > What about COLDFUSION being one, > surely its a step in the direction of black box programming, > > If a tagged language could replace Javascript would it be an > innovation? > For beginners of JavaScript yes, > because once they tackled a traditional programming language after > learningit, > they would see the leaps. > > J > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:39 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: OT: OO vs procedural (was: What's the difference...) > > > At 10:53 AM 3/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >There haven't really been too many innovations in the core > concepts of > > >programming for a very long time. > > > >I guess this depends on your definition of the core concepts of > >programming. Sure nothing has changed; we still set variables do > >conditionals and throw in some loops...it's simple. But the landscape > >and methodologies have changed tremendously which has influenced > how we > >code. > > Can I ask for examples? > Is the web is a new medium for delivery? Yes it is, but I really > don't > think that it has changed programming. > > > -- > Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Need a Web Developer? Contact me! > AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 > -- > My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com > My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
