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From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ?
In-Reply-To: Tansel Ersavas's message of Wed, 18 Dec 1996 17:42:37 -0800
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In article <32B89D8D.7999@rase.com> Tansel Ersavas <tansel@rase.com> writes:

> A picture is worth a thousand words.

A cliche with only limited basis in reality.  Give me a single picture
that conveys the total information caught by "mountain".


> Besides, it is much more easier to teach people visually, if it is done

It is well known that this depends on the cognitive bias of the
person.  A cut with an ax taxonomy would start with "geometers" and
"algebraists"


> Still I believe that the next generation will work predominantly with
> pictures and will rarely revert to bulky chunks of text

Hmmmm, do you really think any attempt you try to provide for my first
question will be any where near as light weight as "mountain"???????
Take a look at the "byte-size" of even the simplest graphic in any
representation you care to and compare it to a "corresponding textual
description".

/Jon
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Jon Anthony
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