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From: zhou@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Albert Zhou)
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Subject: Re: ADT vs. Objects
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Date: 13 Nov 90 01:41:32 GMT
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My understanding about the difference between ADT and OOP is that ADT just
contains data structure while an object contains both the data structure and
algorithm. In another word, an object alone can do a task, while ADT 
just prepare the materials for the task.