"I have previously believed that object orientation was a derivative of Biology"

In reality, anything can be related to anything else, if one forces things enough.

I know plant biology exceptionally well. I create my own cannabis strains for example.

My "Spiceberry" strain can be looked at as a form of object orientation.

Spiceberry was created by breeding a Blueberry female plant (Indica dominant (80% Indica, 20% Sativa)) with an Afghani #1 male plant (100% Indica). This breeding selection process was across hundreds of plants to find the right parents. So far, we're here:

spiceberry
    |
    |- isa blueberry
        |
        |- isa indica, sativa
   |
   |- isa AF#1
        |
        |- isa indica

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After three years of breeding out plants to find the parents that had the exact features I wanted, I then cross bred the two parents hundreds of times to hone in on ensuring only the traits are desired are present, and those I don't want, aren't.

Although there is a ton of terminology and other jargon for these processes, simplicity is best.

In the end:

spiceberry
    |
    |- isa blueberry
        |
        |- isa indica, sativa
        |
        |- has sweet taste
        |- has short, bushy growth profile
        |- has purplish colour tones in the bud
        |- has smooth flavour
        |- has lots of crystals
   |
   |- isa AF#1
        |
        |- isa indica
        |- has paranoia reducing properties
        |- has strong, fuel-like odor
        |- has restless leg syndrome calming effects
        |- has tight, dense bud qualities
        |- has very colourful flowering properties
        |- has very short growth profile

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So by breeding out the two plants, I inherit the best from both plants. By breeding the way I do, I remove the traits I don't like so I am guaranteed they will never show up. In programming, we simply ignore the stuff we don't want by not using it, or even override it. The traits that I don't like in one strain, I sometimes literally override it with that trait in the other plant.

Don't know why I put all that together, but meh, I'm bored.

In reply to Re: The Basques introduced us to object orientation? by stevieb
in thread The Basques introduced us to object orientation? by betmatt

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