[clue-talk] Booch at DJUG

[Matt Gushee]

Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> On 02-01 15:57, Matt Gushee wrote:
>> Sean LeBlanc wrote:
>>> Just wanted to let folks on here know that Booch is coming to DJUG next
>>> week:
>> Would that be Grady Booch, the high priest of OO methodology?
> 
> Yup, that'd be the one. I left off his first name...yikes. He really looms
> that large that he could really just go by one name, like Madonna, Beck,
> Sting... :) 

He's certainly that large within the Java world. I'm not sure he's quite 
that well known to us unwashed masses.

> I've seen him speak before at DJUG...if you have the vaguest interest at all
> in software development, it'd be worth it. He was a very good speaker, and
> as introduced by the DJUG prez, the closest thing that the software world
> has to a rock star. 

Well, as CLUE's token FP[*] fanatic, I guess I'd better go just so I can 
heckle him.

Heh--just kidding. Though I'm not sold on OO as the solution to all 
problems, I still find many interesting ideas emanating from the OO/Java 
community.


-- 
Matt Gushee
The Reluctant Geek: http://matt.gushee.net/rg/

[*] That's Functional Programming
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