Re: Functional Programming in the Larger or FunctionalOriented Software Engineering
Pascal Costanza <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:05:16 +0100
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On 18 Mar 2007, at 23:46, [email protected] wrote: >> I am convinced that programming is much closer to a constructivist >> activity than to an attempt to describe reality. See also http:// >> www.dreamsongs.com/ArtOfLisp.html - in my opinion Richard Gabriel's >> best essay so far... > > I'm familiar with that essay, and in fact I subscribe (for the most > part) > to constructivism. Hence my "what pure human perception does for that > matter" which I added precisely as a hint that physicalism has > nothing to > do with object-orientation. Also, I don't think people assume either > position, explicitly or implicitly. For instance, many OO models have > nothing to do with physical objects, but rather with pure social > constructions (e.g. financial systems and the like). Oh, ok. ;) Next time, I should better check my own implicit assumptions more carefully, I guess. ;) Pascal -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:[email protected], http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium