From: Todd Gillespie Date: 2001-08-04T07:07:29+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:19090] Re: Code Amelioration Contest (presented by Ruby Conference 2001) Eli Green wrote: : from MikkelFJ on 2001-08-04 at 05:27:15: :> Instead of the approach below, I could also have created location objects, :> item objects etc. But in this case everything is handled using strings in a :> much cleaner way than an OO approach would have given. The approach is also :> extensible in that You can easily add new properties to a location or an :> item without having to update a number of objects. :> :> Mikkel :> : : I fail to see how this is not OO. It's a design decision of where to separate : the objects ... you're still using objects. =) And that is why you fail.