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From: paulb@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: NEON/Object Oriented Forth/OOF
Message-ID: <675508099.4652@minster.york.ac.uk>
Date: 29 May 91 09:08:20 GMT
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References: <2822.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
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In article <2822.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> ForthNet@willett.pgh.pa.us (ForthNet articles from GEnie) writes:
>My favorite definition of Object-Oriented Programming:
>
>"A paradigm focusing on data structures, providing methods for operating on
>those data structures, and providing inheritance."
>        - Paul Snow
>
>It's my favorite because Paul was able to write it on the back of my business
>card at a Rochester conference.  (Some producer -- who? -- once said that if
>you couldn't write your idea on the back of his business card, you didn't have
>a clear idea.)
>
>Now, does anyone want to elaborate on Paul's definition?
>
>- Brad

If you're into short definitions, how about this one (I'm not sure of
the original source - I heard it from a colleague).

"An object is a record of first class procedures"

I think it sums up what's going on nicely, although it isn't a
definition I'd give to a novice! ;-)

Paul.

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