15 May
2020
15 May
'20
8:34 p.m.
I feel the essence of object-oriented computing
is not operator overloading but the representation of behavior.
Rob is right. Overloading is a universal characteristic
of OO programming, but not the essence.
Doug
15 May
15 May
8:40 p.m.
New subject: v7 K&R C
On Fri, May 15, 2020, 2:35 PM Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
I've viewed the essence as everything is an object and I can send messages
to objects. From there, many different styles flow as different efforts
leveraged different means and methods to purport to achieve that goal.
Warner
I feel the
essence of object-oriented computing
is not operator overloading but the representation of behavior.
Rob is right. Overloading is a universal characteristic
of OO programming, but not the essence.
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