[FRIAM] What is an object?

[Nick Thompson]

Marcus, 

 

Am I correct that this is what “oop” is designed to avoid?  

 

“This” being what you describe below? 

 

Nick 

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

 <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
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Nick writes:

 

“And like any modular system (DNA comes to mind), modularity is a great spur to creativity, leaving programmers free to work on better modules knowing that as long as the version of the “object“ they design (which, say, can work in a greater variety of heat conditions or uses less power, etc.) is the “same” box, then their work is a contribution to the whole.”

 

In the real world of software, there are many frozen accidents.   The genesis of an initial building block leads to another being designed in a certain way, which brings with another set of idiosyncrasies, and so on.   After decades of this people start to believe that things must – in principle and in practice -- be a certain way.    Software layering can be an obstacle to innovation once basic assumptions are called into question; it is easy to get stuck in local fitness maxima and a particular foundation.

 

Marcus

 

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And like any modular system (DNA comes to mind), modularity is a great spur to creativity, leaving programmers free to work on better modules knowing that as long as the version of the “object“ they design (which, say, can work in a greater variety of heat conditions or uses less power, etc.) is the “same” box, then their work is a contribution to the whole.

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