Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!megatest!djones From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: What is OOP / OOD Message-ID: <8477@goofy.megatest.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 89 02:47:44 GMT References: <1989Oct2.161552.14306@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca Lines: 12 From article <1989Oct2.161552.14306@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, by jearls@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU ( Stupid ): > Sorry if this doesn't belong here, but could someone please tell me > exactly what IS Object Oriented Programming or Object Oriented Design ? In a word, no. But be of good cheer. Many will try. The bad news is that they will all tell you something different. You will be amazed by the amount of response your simple looking request will get. Within two or three months we will be well into, "It's not really Object-Oriented unless it uses my favorite trick, namely para-subreferenced attribute enheritance short circuitry."