From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-04-01T06:08:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Respect and Disappointment

* Mark Probert (Mar 31, 2005 22:00):
>  On Thursday 31 March 2005 07:09, Randy Kramer wrote:
> > What is the alternative mantra / paradigm?

> A few paradigms come to mind:

>   Object Oriented -- all OS components are first class objects
>   (Oberon)
>   Distributed Objects -- all OS components are distributed
>   objects (Amoeba)
>   No Files -- there is no concept of files at all,
>   just an app (embedded OSs) 

And why are "objects" better than "files"?  A file is an object right,
it's just a very hands-on alternative to hiding stuff behind objects and
interfaces.  Think of it this way:

        ---------------------------------------
        Operating System   Programming language
        ---------------------------------------
        UNIX               Ruby
        Oberon             Java
        ---------------------------------------

Perhaps I'm being a bit blunt, but Oberon is dead, and UNIX is thriving.
You be the judge of what works best in practice,
        nikolai

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