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kramer
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Posted: 6th Feb 2003 06:59
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I haven't purchased this software, so am just going off what I've seen in the demo, but it seems there is no support for OO design in DB - is this true?

I'm used to doing stuff like:
class LaserGun extends Weapon

laserGun1.fire()

The idea of writing anything more complex than a really simple game or a prototype without OO seems pretty daunting.
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 6th Feb 2003 12:44
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Erm you're not going to get much joy from a basic language then. There is no support for OOP in DB (or many other basic languages I fear).

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Rich

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kramer
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Posted: 7th Feb 2003 01:28
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VB has it, which is probably the most well known basic.

Rich, I don't suppose you've heard anything from the developers of DB about it having OO suport in the future?

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Hockey07
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Erm, Rich is the developer... Or atleast, its him who works on it... Others may be involved

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 7th Feb 2003 02:34
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I don't work on the DB/Pro code directly, but I do work with Lee and Mike who do. There are no plans to add classes, inheritance, polymorphism or any of the other things that make-up OOP at this present time.

That doesn't mean we won't in the future, but it's not in the development map we currently have.

VB does support OOP (to a degree) but for a language designed for business applications that's not so surprising. All those poor VB developers getting jealous of their C++ peers (no offence to any VB programmers here, but try C#, I urge you).

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Rich

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Kale
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i agree, no basic should incorporate OOP! User Defined Types are enough!

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