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Specific vs. Generic

Posted by Bill Venners on 21 Mar 1998, 8:38 AM

Harry,

Thanks for your comment.

> The basics you have eloquently described are
> frequently ignored, even by "experienced"
> programmers. I hope that many of them read
> your article/book.

> I also hope that you wax equally eloquent on other
> common programming mistakes (mistyles?). One
> that I have seen recently is pushing application-
> specific stuff into generic, reusable classes --
> making them no longer generic or reusable.
>
Yes! I am planning to talk about this. I have gotten
several comments that basically said my example
code would be better if it were more generic, so
I want to talk about when to solve the specific
problem versus the general problem. My thought is
that you should always lean towards solving the
specific problem, unless your product is
a library or component that is supposed to solve
a generic problem for other programmers.

bv

• Presentation Style John Bergeron 22 Mar 1998, 4:35 AM (0)
• Presentation Style John Bergeron 22 Mar 1998, 4:31 AM (0)
• Specific vs. Generic - lean towards specific? Harald Mueller 21 Mar 1998, 3:32 PM (11)
  • More specifics Bill Venners 22 Mar 1998, 3:05 PM (9)
    • Generic being made specific Harry Keller March 13, 2001 at 10:18 AM (0)
    • Empty subject - how to access? Harald Mueller 07 Apr 1998, 1:39 PM (7)
      • Fear not, that message is redundant Bill Venners 08 Apr 1998, 1:52 PM (0)
      • Oops Harald Mueller 07 Apr 1998, 1:41 PM (5)
        • oops mtrl sangmesh June 25, 2001 at 10:58 AM (0)
        • OP sangmesh June 25, 2001 at 10:58 AM (0)
        • inheritence g.rkvarma February 25, 2001 at 7:12 AM (1)
          • object orineted programming grkvarma February 25, 2001 at 7:19 AM (0)
        • Clarification Thameem Farook October 23, 2000 at 1:02 AM (0)
  • body 22 Mar 1998, 3:00 PM (0)