Posted by Jochem Maas on 09/20/05 16:20

Michael Sims wrote:
> Murray @ PlanetThoughtful wrote:
>
>>Once he understands how to solve class abstraction problems such as
>>the one he is asking about, he will be better equipped to deal with a
>>wider range of application development tasks.
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>
> I agree with this.
>
>
>>This is not to trivialize your Metastorage project (or, to be more
>>accurate, I know nothing about it, so it's not my place to trivialize
>>it or otherwise), but to point out that 'out-of-the-box' solutions to
>>fundamental coding development problems probably ultimately makes for
>>a poorer programmer. I could well be wrong, but it seems this is a
>>case of "give a man a fish" as opposed to "teach a man to fish".
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>
> I see your point, but I'm not so sure I agree fully. Manuel suggested
> Metastorage (which makes sense, it's his project and he's most
> familiar/comfortable with it), I suggested Propel because that is what I've

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> Sorry, I didn't mean to ramble on that long... :)

no need, very good piece of writing on the subject matter imho!

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