[FRIAM] Fwd: ABM

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Douglas Roberts wrote:
> I still can't help but feeling that in general, *way* too many words 
> are being used to describe ABM (and IBM) methodologies.  The 
> underlying concept of object-oriented software design as the basis for 
> ABM simulation architecture is just so straight forward and intuitive 
> that I am repeatedly amazed at how people continue to make such a big, 
> mysterious deal out of it.
For some reason many ABM enthusiasts feel the need to introduce basic 
programming and computer science to their peers in their own peculiar 
and impoverished language. 
Why OOP gets embraced in particular completely baffles me and much of it 
is inappropriate for modeling.  (e.g. rigid inheritance)   I suspect it 
has to do with the need many perceive to learn and use toolkits.