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Turing Award Goes to Pioneers of Object-Oriented Programming

Posted by michael on from the shoulders-of-giants dept.

Jens_AAMC wrote in to point out that the 2001 Turing Award has been announced, going to Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard for their work in object-oriented programming.

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  1. Object Oriented... by bje2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In honor of them, here's some timely object oriented jokes (note: i did not come up with these)...

    "How many Object Oriented programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?"
    "None, they send it a message, and it changes itself."

    "How many C++ programmers does it take to change a light bulb?"
    "You're still thinking procedurally! A properly designed light bulb object would inherit a change method from a generic light bulb class!"

    "The nice thing about C++ is that only your friends can handle your private parts."

    "OK, I admit it: My girlfriend's just an object to me. Unfortunately, there is some information hiding, but thankfully, she's fairly encapsulated, nicely modular, and has a very well defined interface!

    "Have you heard about the object-oriented way to become wealthy?"
    "No..."
    "Inheritance."

    --

    "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson