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From: LudovicoVan <julio@diegidio.name>
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Subject: Re: "Complex Algorithm R&D: Harder Than Many Think" article published
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:49:24 -0700 (PDT)
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On 21 July, 16:19, Kenneth Sloan <KennethRSl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> LudovicoVan wrote:
> > On 21 July, 15:13, Kenneth Sloan <KennethRSl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I stopped reading at: "object-oriented methods are of limited use in
> >> complex algorithms".
>
> > Too true for your taste?
>
> I did appreciate his comment that programming in C++ does not qualify as
> "using object-oriented methods".  That part was true enough.

As he is talking about algorithms, I don't see the rationale in your
objection. OO methodologies can help lower the complexity of the
software structure (to a certain extent): there is no specific
connection to algorithms complexity, though.

(BTW: despite widespread sentiment, mostly among the young
professionals, thanks to fake gurus and unscrupolous marketers, even
if OO methodologies have their strengths, an OO-only approach to
software development just leads to monolitic, overengineered
applications, i.e. the opposite of the intended result. But OO and all
the fake gadgets sell so well... Anyway, this is really another story,
just to say that I am under the impression that you may be one of
those OO zealots, as this would explain your pavlovian reaction.)

Am I missing something?

-LV