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Re: Object-Oriented Paradigm in Mathematica?

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• Subject: [mg66033] Re: Object-Oriented Paradigm in Mathematica?
• From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
• Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:26:36 -0400 (EDT)
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Shyam Guthikonda wrote:
> I come from the world of C++ :) I am trying to perform various 
> simulations using Mathematica, and I find myself coming up with all my 
> algorithms in terms of objects.
> 
> Does Mathematica support some type of Object-Oriented Paradigm? I was 
> able to find a Classes.m package, but I read a few posts saying this was 
> not the greatest.
> 
> Is there a some standard package (with good documentation) that I can 
> download somewhere?
> 
> Thanks much,
> _Shyam
> 
I know this is not what you wanted to hear, but surely the best way to 
learn a new and interesting language like Mathematica is not to start by 
trying to force it into another paradigm. Mathematica differs from OO 
languages such as C++ and Java in a lot of ways because it can 
manipulate symbolic expressions that can then be executed as code.

I must admit at this point that I am not overly keen on the OO paradigm, 
which often seems to result in complicated, verbose solutions to 
otherwise simple problems.

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk