Re: A suggestion - a new TFM section

James Richard Webster (jrwebste@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au)
Sat, 19 Nov 1994 12:38:05 +1100 (EST)

On Thu, 17 Nov 1994, Scott Hopwood wrote:

>
> As all the first year students learn OOP, and OOP is full of silly terms
> what mean even siller things, we make a new section in TFM along the
> lines of "OO terminology - a less useful guide". With definitions along
> the lines of the following.
>
> Inheritance: You are standing in line next to an idiot. A man comes up to
> you and gives you a bird, you give it webed feet and call it a
> penguin. The idiot pickes up a parrot rips off its wings
> and gives it scuba gear.
>
> polymorphism: A man gives you a bag with the word "CANINE" written on it.
> You tell the bag to go hunt some deer, and the poodle
> shits itself and runs up a tree.
>
Encapsulation: Imagine a fool who is dying of thirst, holding a can of
but can't drink it 'coz the instructions are inside the can.

Best I can do under the circumstances... Still I think the
unhelpful-guide-to-OO is a good idea...

L8tr,
\/\/oody (Not My Real Name)

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