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color=#0000ff size=2>Probably because I don't put the acronym RAD and the word
"programming" together as you have done.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=547511920-29072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>From my POV, RAD is generally taken to mean what the
acronym stands for, Rapid Application Development; i.e. drop some components on
to a form, wire up a few event handlers, voila.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=547511920-29072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Doesn't mean I don't "do" OOP in event handlers and the
little amount of code that is required in such an app, but IMHO you're comparing
apples with oranges.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=547511920-29072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>RAD does not lend itself to larger apps which are intended
to be easily maintainable and intended to be worked on by a team of
developers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=547511920-29072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=547511920-29072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>C.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Steve
Peacocke<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 30 July 2008 8:13 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> NZ
Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] OO
Programming<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Just an interesting observation - why do people think that RAD
programming excludes OOP programming?<BR><BR>RAD is a methodology, OOP is a
programming style.<BR><BR>Steve<BR><A
href="http://stevepeacocke.blogspot.com/">http://stevepeacocke.blogspot.com/</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>