Posted by Scott Auge on 07/20/05 19:34

In article <1121875433.364871.269970@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"NC" <nc@iname.com> wrote:

> dracolytch wrote:
> >
> > Alright, this is a controvercial question for my fellow gurus:
> > Why do we bother with Object-Oriented programming in a web
> > environment?
>
> Because some languages do not provide an alternative. Consider
> Java, for example...
>
> > So what gives? Why are people using mysql_fetch_object instead of
> > mysql_fetch_array? Is it habit? Is it what we're taught? Do we percieve
> > some additional value?
>
> Marketers say that every product has two sets of characteristics,
> utilitarian and value-expressive. Utilitarian characteristics
> define the product's usefulness. Value-expressive characteristics
> define the product's "coolness". OOP is reasonably useful and
> believed by many to be "cool". Procedural programming, while
> equally useful, is often perceived as old-fashioned and therefore
> "uncool". Given that programming is a profession dominated by
> young males, "coolness", not usefulness, becomes the decisive
> factor...
>
> Cheers,
> NC

Maybe we should say PHP is the latest "cool" language LOL!

I have been programming for 25+ years. I am getting a little sick of
rewriting stuff in the latest language.

When there is a paradigm shift - like going from green screens to GUI,
GUI to Web - I can handle that and am into it.

But to shift to a different language simply to rewrite how to put some
words, pictures, and boxes on a screen - that grates me a little.

Don't get me wrong, some languages are appropriate for various tasks - I
will freely mix PHP and C (and a couple other languages) to match what
is going on. But to simply rewrite something for the sake of the latest
cool language - bah!

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