Objects expose behavior and hide data. This makes it easy to add new kinds of objects
without changing existing behaviors. It also makes it hard to add new behaviors to existing
objects. Data structures expose data and have no significant behavior. This makes it easy to
add new behaviors to existing data structures but makes it hard to add new data structures
to existing functions.
In any given system we will sometimes want the flexibility to add new data types, and
so we prefer objects for that part of the system. Other times we will want the flexibility to
add new behaviors, and so in that part of the system we prefer data types and procedures.
Good software developers understand these issues without prejudice and choose the
approach that is best for the job at hand.
Bibliography
[Refactoring]: Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, Martin Fowler et al.,
Addison-Wesley, 1999.
without changing existing behaviors. It also makes it hard to add new behaviors to existing
objects. Data structures expose data and have no significant behavior. This makes it easy to
add new behaviors to existing data structures but makes it hard to add new data structures
to existing functions.
In any given system we will sometimes want the flexibility to add new data types, and
so we prefer objects for that part of the system. Other times we will want the flexibility to
add new behaviors, and so in that part of the system we prefer data types and procedures.
Good software developers understand these issues without prejudice and choose the
approach that is best for the job at hand.
Bibliography
[Refactoring]: Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, Martin Fowler et al.,
Addison-Wesley, 1999.
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