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The object is the fundamental atomic thing.
An object can represents anything: a number, a word, a person, a car,
a sound, a picture, a movie, a smell, a feeling, an idea, etc.
An object can have instances.
An instance is an object that has a class.
A class is an object that has instances.
An object inherits the non-overridden properties
and methods of its ancestor classes.
An object can override/add properties and methods.
(www.xdb1.com) Received on Tue Jun 11 2002 - 10:33:12 CDT
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