I've read several other denouements of OOP online - I'm wondering what the programmers on here think about OOP.

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I've not read the article, but there's my input with <iostream> included.

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I didn't read too much, but the article sure puts a bad light on OOP. It would certainly scare away someone who may want to learn OOP. I wouldn't let the articles you read deter you from learning and developing in OOP. It is definitely very desirable to have this knowledge in the workplace.

TADA! instant OOP!

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Originally posted by CPUFreak91:
When we started using OOP in our Pyweek4 game (midnight) we were able to code much faster, and our code was more efficient.

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Yeah Midnight!

FTW =D

btw, we are continung production of Midnight, if there is anyone interested in contributing, we've got work needing to be done! =D

http://media.pyweek.org/dl/4/Gang_of_6/midnight-menu-screenshot.png

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our webpage is pending, hopefully in 2 weeks. But you can view the short story that was intended for pyweek at:
http://pyweek.twobrotherssoftware.com/

For this production beyond pyweek I am going to be expanding the story a bit.

The sprites, I am a fan of stylized nastalgic gaming. =D

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No, it's not perfect, nor is it necessarily "the best" for any specific job. It *is* a great way of breaking down and implementing most projects - as long as it's used properly.

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I could see some reason for procedural....however it's far far easier to utilize libraries and OOP (as I understand it atm) than redoing every command, function, and event for each different project.

The Web with HTML, CSS, JS, or any more intensive scripting is very much OOP...or at least OOP to the level that I understand. The idea of putting

<style> </style>

Much MUCH better to reference or link in content or structure you want. I see OOP as similar, separating "content" from "event" from "design/structure" (even certain elements of separating design from structure).

p.s. The point I'll give for procedural (or in my case merging stylesheet w/ the html page w/ the javascript doc) is if you are doing small and/or unique projects which will have little to no change or applicability in another project -- you might want everything on one page (procedural). (That's ignoring issues of load times since I think it's different w/ web than it is w/ compiled.)

Note: this is coming from a beginning web programmer w/ some limited experience w/ VB6, C++, python.

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The difference between object-oriented and procedural programming: Procedural: shoot(bullet, foot); OOP: bullet.shoot(foot); If you don't know how to program, having the bullet know how to shoot itself won't help.

That about sums up anything else I might want to say.

--clint

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All in all: be smart, don't try to cut wires with a hammer; although it still works (trust me on this) it's not as efficient as a pair of side cutters.

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Originally posted by dartsman:
I think he is ok... I met him a couple of years ago... didn't agree with him at first, but he kept pointing out how he was right...

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Oh - you know the guy personally?

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Einstein had 7 suits of the same style. He couldn't OOP.

Don't give me more than 2 choices at once. In Baskin Robbins, I have to compare the first ice cream to the second to determine which is better, then compare the winner to the third ice cream, and so on to 31. It takes a long time. If someone were to introduce me to ice cream #17 while I'm on #4, I would have to ignore them or start over. I *might* be able to use a mental note (such as "wife_flag = 1") so when I get to ice cream 17, I could then ask the person what it was they wanted.

Now, I only eat one type of ice cream. The rule is "Whatever matches my suit."

OOPing to me is like having a bank account with a checkbook, a debit card, and ATM. Give one to each family member and guess your balance in a week. And I have no frame of reference from which to say this--it's merely a fear-inspired superstition.

The original home computers were project boxes built by hobbiests. I imagine OOP would be like this: one enthusiast gives a show-and-tell of his latest LED display, and another one hooks his box up to that guy's to "see" what happens. Maybe that's where it got it's name. I don't know.