Xref: utzoo comp.object:3034 comp.software-eng:5246 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ads.com!saturn!jgautier From: jgautier@vangogh.ads.com (Jorge Gautier) Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Object-Oriented vs. Object-Based Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 91 17:19:04 GMT References: <1991Apr3.231849.13410@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <1991Apr4.172417.3266@linus.mitre.org> Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News) Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mountain View, CA 94043, +1 (415) 960-7300 Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: dmg@retina.mitre.org's message of Thu, 4 Apr 1991 17:24:17 GMT In article <1991Apr4.172417.3266@linus.mitre.org> dmg@retina.mitre.org (David Gursky) writes: > I've heard said that Ada is "Object-based" as opposed to "Object-Oriented". > Now I make no pretentions about knowing some undeniable truth as to what > "Object-Oriented" means (this being the subject of many a discussion at > OOPSLA), but could someone enlighten me on what "Object-based" is suppose to > mean? They're probably using the terminology of Wegner's OOPSLA paper ('86 I believe but I'm not sure) "Dimensions of Object-??? Languge Design." A good paper to make sense out of all the object oriented mumbo jumbo. -- Jorge A. Gautier| "The enemy is at the gate. And the enemy is the human mind jgautier@ads.com| itself--or lack of it--on this planet." -General Boy DISCLAIMER: All statements in this message are false.