Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:2975 comp.lang.c++:3401 comp.lang.eiffel:203 comp.lang.smalltalk:1095 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!wizard.cis.ohio-state.edu!sarrel From: sarrel@wizard.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: general object oriented reference Message-ID: Date: 22 May 89 23:26:16 GMT Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Distribution: comp Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 17 I would like to find a paper that talks about object oriented programming in general and why it is a "good thing," what advantages it has, etc. Any suggestions would be, uh, helpful. :-) Please respond via email. advTHANKSance, --marc -=- "Master, why is the letter 'i' the symbol for current?" "Because there is no letter 'i' in the word 'current'." "Master, why do we use the letter 'j' for sqrt(-1)?" "Because we use the letter 'i' for current." Whereupon the Master struck the Disciple, and the Disciple became enlightened.