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- From: ell@access1.digex.net (Ell)
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- Subject: Re: What is Object Oriented Programming (OOP)?
- Date: 11 Feb 1996 23:57:57 GMT
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- References: <4f1nj6$4cie@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <4fcv70$7tl@rockall.cc.strath.ac.uk> <4fkhs3$b1g@qualcomm.com>
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- Nasser Abbasi (nababs@qualcomm.com) wrote:
- : In article <4fcv70$7tl@rockall.cc.strath.ac.uk>,
- : scott.russell@strath.ac.uk says...
- : >It is difficult to find a text book which
- : >defines exactly what an object really is.
- :
- :
- : Yes. But I really would not worry about finding an "official"
- : definition for an object, a simple way to look at it is to think of an
- : object as an entity that can take different values and have operations
- : defined on it to modify the value of the entity.
-
- More importantly, classes of objects play specific roles. They have
- specific responsibilities in the collaboration of a programs objects.
-
- Nice message overall though.
-
- Elliott
-