Well, for the knowledgeably ignorant among us... what the heck is 'object oriented' programming anyway. All the code looks like code to me, and other than having a few more sub-routines I don't understand the purpose or design of... what's changed other than standardizing a few protocols across platforms?
Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus G. Daniels > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:06 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: ABM > > > Douglas Roberts wrote: > > I still can't help but feeling that in general, *way* too many words > > are being used to describe ABM (and IBM) methodologies. The > > underlying concept of object-oriented software design as > the basis for > > ABM simulation architecture is just so straight forward and > intuitive > > that I am repeatedly amazed at how people continue to make > such a big, > > mysterious deal out of it. > For some reason many ABM enthusiasts feel the need to introduce basic > programming and computer science to their peers in their own peculiar > and impoverished language. > Why OOP gets embraced in particular completely baffles me and > much of it > is inappropriate for modeling. (e.g. rigid inheritance) I > suspect it > has to do with the need many perceive to learn and use toolkits. > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org