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From: robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya)
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Subject: Re: Definition of Buzzwords: "Object-Oriented"
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Date: Sat, 26-Jan-85 22:02:58 EST
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>   I read this somewhere: a procedure-oriented language represents the
> behavior of a program by describing the effect of applying procedures
> to different kinds of arguments (here procedures being a broad term
> including assignments, arithmetic operators, etc).
>   An object-oriented language does it by describing the effect of applying
> different procedures (methods) to a specific object.
> 

The definition is lacking two important things:  the definition of 'arguments'
and the definition of 'objects'.  After all, an argument could, in some contexts
be considered an object.

				robert
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