Static methods are a necessary evil in OO languages and should be avoided
when possible.
I disagree. Static functions are similar to Aspect Oriented Programming,
such as AspectJ which centrializes
code across many classes that is similar in functionality. This eliminates
duplicate code, and incr
I agreed with you upto that last sentence, My viewpoint: The whole point of
the java.util.Math class is that the functions are so "standardized" and so
"final" (on top of that mostly "native") that they shouldn't really ever be
"overridable", they are "utility" functions that one can "rely" to b
--- David Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Maybe I'm unique, but
> > > sometimes I find that Java (as well as other languages) gets in my
way
> >rather
> > > than letting me solve the problem at hand in a natural way.
>
> You're not alone in that belief. I've heard several people comment
> Maybe I'm unique, but
> sometimes I find that Java (as well as other languages) gets in my way
rather
> than letting me solve the problem at hand in a natural way.
You're not alone in that belief. I've heard several people comment about
how easy it is to code Smalltalk when exploring new solut
