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Subject: Re: Definition of Buzzwords: "Object-Oriented"
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 23:33:17 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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