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From: gordon@mead.UUCP (Gordon Edwards)
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Subject: Re: What is this?
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Date: 17 Aug 90 19:25:24 GMT
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In article <1990Aug17.064856.26549@kth.se>, d87-mra@dront.nada.kth.se
(Magnus Ramstr|m) writes:
|> I have often seen references to the terms slot-based objects and prototype
|> objects, but never a definition. I would be most grateful if someone could
|> explain these terms to me via e-mail.
|> 

The Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) uses the term "slot" to refer to the 
variables that represent a class.  Smalltalk uses "instance variable" and 
C++ uses "member object" to describe the same thing.

As for protoype objects, this could mean object-oriented prototyping, or
it might be similar to a package specification in Ada or function prototypes
in ANSI C.  ??????

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Gordon Edwards                                    Mead Data Central, Dayton OH