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Posted by IchBin on 06/25/06 01:51
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> IchBin wrote:
>> David Haynes wrote:
>>
>>> Tony Marston wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>> Actually, things like private declarations are very important.
>>>>> They are unimportant only to those who don't understand OO
>>>>> programming - or those who are sloppy in their implementations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You don't *need* private declarations. Code will work just as well
>>>> without them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What the heck! Let's just throw away multiply and divide. We don't
>>> *need* them. We can just use add and subtract.
>>>
>>> Heck! Why do we need subtract? We can just add negative values.
>>>
>>> Hey! Assembler works well without private declarations. Let's just
>>> pitch PHP all together.
>>>
>>> The point is that constructs are added to language to assist in the
>>> functionality and maintainability of programs written in that
>>> language. The introduction of private and protected adds to the
>>> maintainability both through its inherent protection capabilities and
>>> its clarity of intent for the maintainer.
>>>
>>> Now if PHP could just get polymorphism...
>>>
>>> -david-
>>>
>>
>> Sorry I am new to PHP but use Java. My question is how can you have a
>> OOP Language and not have polymorphic features. Sorry, I have not
>> gotten up to par on PHP yet.
>>
>> Thanks in Advance...
>> IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.awardspace.com
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>>
>> 'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
>> -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)
>
> PHP does have some polymorphic-like abilities, but that's because of the
> untyped nature of the variables.
>
> PHP is getting better in it's OO aspects, but I doubt it will ever be
> quite like Java. There's just a basic difference between languages with
> typed and untyped variables.
>
>
Thanks for the info..
I read something about PHP version 5, OOP\OOD and typed Objects. So I
guess there are really not fully typed object. I have to read more and
not take OOP references as used by say smalltalk and Java and others.
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Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.awardspace.com
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'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
-William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)
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