Subj : Re: Polymorphism sucks [Was: Paradigms which way to go?]
To   : comp.programming,comp.object
From : topmind
Date : Sat Jul 09 2005 10:58 pm

> Trees aren't always the right design solution.
> OO is not primarily about making trees.
> You *can* make trees with OO, but you don't have to; and you often
> shouldn't.
>

I kept saying over and over that even a fair amount of OO fans agree
with me with regard to trees and subtypes and they thus use other
non-hierarchical OO techniques instead.

People complain about my repetition, yet the message still does not get
across.

-T-

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