Originally posted by w00tsoft
I never saw the use in private/public variables. Why protect yourself from something you created? If it's a team project and you are afraid someone is gonna screw with it, why create one line functions to get and set? (common from what I have seen in C++) As if typing extra lines isn't enough, it's always fun to have the overhead of a function call. You aren't guarenteed that the compiler will inline it.
Either you're trolling or you've done NO object oriented programming at all.