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From: alfredo@ncs.es (Alfredo Novoa)
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Subject: Re: Objects and messages
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:54:37 -0400, "Laconic2" <laconic2@comcast.net>
wrote:

>The descriptions of the object oriented approach often begin with two  basic
>concepts:  objects and messages.
>
>At some point we are told that everything is an object.
>
>This raises two questions:
>
>Is a message an object?
>
>Is an object a message?

No, a message is an operator invocation.

Regards 
  Alfredo