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OOP practiced backwards is "POO" (github.com/raganwald)
5 points by joeyespo on Nov 2, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



"Let's talk about Cats being Animals. For starters, there is no such thing as "Cat" and especially no such thing as "Animal." There is this cat and that cat and this dog and that elephant. "Cat" and "Animal" are abstract concepts we derive from observations of concrete, real instances."

Someone stepped into deep philosophical water without being able to swim.


If you want attention in the fashionable inheritance bashing crowd, you need some hyperbole to stand out.

Simply saying "inheritance has its uses, but should be used in moderation" isn't going to score too many points.




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