[oak perl] Re: [PBML] Perl books > OO talk?

[George Woolley]

Belden,
Thanks for your very thoughtful reply.

"Writing OO Modules" is a good title
for a talk addressing what I understand Mike's concerns to be.
Thanks!

When I said "interesting things about OO development in Perl",
I was think of something like your (b) option, i.e.,
    "(b) interesting things relating to developing one's
     own OO modules."

Dan Meriwether has agreed to give a talk for our group.
A few minutes ago I posted "What Talk Subject?"
which contains a brief quote from Dan on suggested subjects.
I don't know just what he has in mind for "Object Oriented perl".

Kool! An offer of a talk. Thanks!
Would you be willing to talk on
"Using OO Modules: Comparing Functional and Object-Oriented Interfaces"
at our January meeting?
If not, when?
   -- George

On Tuesday 03 December 2002 4:13 pm, Belden Lyman wrote:
> George Woolley wrote:
> > Hm, can anyone suggest a title for a talk
> > on what Mike finds interesting in OO?
>
> "Using OO Modules".
>
> Originally when OO came up on this list as an
> arena for group talks, I assumed that the bent
> of the talk would be "Writing OO Modules", or
> "Understanding Perl Objects".
>
> > If we had someone knowlegable about OO
> > speaking on that, would you be interested?
>
> Speaking on "Using OO Modules" ? Not really: at
> the user level, the difference between a module
> with an OO interface and a module with a functional
> interface is pretty small.
>
> I'd have fun presenting code that has both an OO and
> functional interface, and show programs that use either
> interface. (See my first suggestion, at the end)
>
> > Personally, I think such a person would inevitably
> > say some interesting things about OO development in Perl.
> > And let's assume an open question period.
>
> By "interesting things about OO development in Perl",
> do you mean:
>
> (a) interesting things relating to how Perl's OO was
>      developed into the language itself, or
>
> (b) interesting things relating to developing one's
>      own OO modules.
>
> > My questions are not academic.
>
> Neither are my answers :)
>
> > There is a fellow who has agreed to speak to us
> > and one of the four topics he proposed was OO Perl.
>
> But what did he propose: "Using OO Modules", "Writing
> Your Own OO Modules", or "Understanding Perl Objects" ?
> Generally when I hear people say they want to hear about
> OO Perl, I think they mean one of the latter two talks.
> Find out what he's suggesting. Mike might be wanting
> something different.
>
> > I could propose to him a more limited talk on OO,
> > if someone would provide a name for it.
>
> Suggested above.
>
> > But are there a number of people who'd find that a good topic?
> >
> > Answers? Counter-proposals? Comments?
>
> I'm willing to talk about:
>
> "Using OO Modules: Comparing Functional and Object-Oriented Interfaces"
> "Writing OO Modules for Fun and Profit: Let Objects Transform Your CVS"
> "Understanding Perl Objects: Simple Data Becomes an Object of Desire!!"
>
> I actually have no clue what the difference is between the second and
> third talks (8o
>
> Belden
>
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