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OOP is Mature, not Dead

January 7th, 2007

I ran across an interesting series of blog posts by Karsten Wagner claiming that OOP is dead (part 2 and part 3). The premise behind these posts is that OOP has failed to deliver and that it is on the decline in favor of more functional or meta programming techniques. Maybe its true [...]

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php | architect back issue bargains

January 6th, 2007

I’ve been writing the Test Pattern column in php | architect for a few months now. I’ve been enjoying it because it lets me explore topics in more depth than I could here on my blog. Although, its more challenging and writing is not easy for me.
So far I think my best two [...]

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Looking forward to 2007

January 4th, 2007

Well, I’m finally back in town after the holidays. Let me tell you, I’m glad to be home. Between multiple holidays and taking my grandma to her cancer treatments in Ann Arbor, I was gone far too much of last month.
My Grandma is doing well. They used an experimental new procedure called [...]

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