[1035] in java-interest
Re: overloading of operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tako Schotanus)
Thu Aug 17 08:02:03 1995
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 95 10:27:17 +0200
To: tomw@intelligraphics.com (Tom Wheeler), java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
From: Tako Schotanus <Tako.Schotanus@bouw.tno.nl>
At 08:55 16-08-95 EDT, Tom Wheeler wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Aug 1995 10:45:23 -0700 you wrote:
>
>>Howdy,
>>
>>> When you are adding number-like class (Matrices, Tensors, Quaterions),
>>> nothing beats Op-Ov for readability.
>>
>>I agree that nothing beats
>>
>> Matrix a=..., b=..., c;
>> c = a + b;
>>
>>for readability. However, I still feel that it would allow too many
>>bad things...the price isn't worth it.
>>
>>> What we want to prevent is the
>>> promiscuous abuse of Op-Ov for whatever might pop into the novice
>>> programmer's so-called brain.
>>
>>True...only way to prevent is to refuse ;)
>
>What you're saying is that because some people will abuse the feature
>nobody should be allowed to have it. To draw a political analogy,
>this is the same argument gun-control proponents use: because some
>people misuse guns, nobody should be allowed to have them. Nevermind
>how useful they (guns|overloading) might be, nevermind that the problem
>is the person misusing the tool, just ban the tool. I for one don't
>fall for that "logic", and I hope the other people here don't either.
Let's stop this, okay? Making these kind of comparisons is absurd!
- Tako
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