Re: NewEra: Anyone using it?

$0.02 inbound!! On 6 May 97 at 0:17, Mike Segel wrote: > > >For OO, look at smalltalk and Objective C. > > > > Is NewEra not OO? > > > Technically no. Informix has fudged the definition of OO to suit > their needs. I don't believe N.E. is polymorphic, supports multiple > inheritence, does it? Well, define polymorphism. They certainly claim a degree of polymorphism in the training notes! :-) Also, multiple inheritance is not a pre-requisite for OO, TTBOMK. > Another thing to point out, is that some of the class hierarchy is > sloppy. For example, (If this still exists in 3.0), you have a button, > then a picture button. Why the two distinct object classes? > IMHO, it should be one class. Unless a graphic is specified, then > use the default square boundries and image. The functionality is the > same. The functionality *isn't* the same. Perhaps I'm just being dumb here (no comments, please! :), but the when you depress a picture button you have a different sequence of events happening to the displayed picture. It might be picky, but I don't want to have all the gumph associated with the different bmps appearing in and catered for every single button. You say you do, but I don't think it should be so. We could argue for months, but there may be no clear-cut answer. A lot of the pro's and con's of the OO of various tools are largely (IMHO) perceptual. -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Kuwait City TAURUS Apr. 20 - May 20 You are practical and persistent. You have dogged determination and work like hell. Most people think you are stubborn and bullheaded. You are nothing but a goddam communist.