Poca-Object
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You think that every function runs where you are
That data are just dead things you can claim
But I know every char and struct and foobar
Has a state,
 has behavior,
  has a name. [Booch]

You think the only programs that are programs
Are programs that compile and run like yours
But if you typed the keystrokes of a newbie
You'd learn concepts that keep you from dumping core.

  Have you ever seen a system start up on its own
  Or let a polymorphic object go
  Can you design with all the classes in your library
  Can you structure all the objects of your code?

Invoke the nifty features of your Scheduler
Come watch a doubly-linked list as it's filled
Exploit all the parts of an abstraction
And for once, never wonder how they're built!

The B-Tree and the O-Stream are my clients
The random number object is my friend
And all the bugs we left in our creations
Cause a cycle of maintenance that never ends.

  Have you ever seen a system start up on its own
  Or let a polymorphic object go
  Can you design with all the classes in your library
  Can you structure all the objects of your code?

How large can this system grow?
Using structured design, you will never know

  Then you'll never see a system start up on its own
  Or see a polymorphic object go
  Can you design with all the classes in your library
  Can you structure all the objects of your code?

You can write your code and still
All you'll write is code until
You can structure all the objects of your code.



Words (C) copyright James E. Heliotis, August 1, 1995