Re: c.d.theory glossary -- definition of "class"

"Tom Hester" <$$tom_at_metadata.com> wrote in message news:1e2bb$40d8a0c7$45033832$7187_at_msgid.meganewsservers.com...
> Yeah but in most OO languages a class IS an object, after all.

 If we have multiple and competing definitions, then it would be good to preface one or more of these with an adjective. Of course a class can be an object, just as a string can be, but that is somewhat beside the point since we wouldn't define a digital video as something that can be an object either. I don't know all OO languages -- in what way is a class an object rather than a specification from which an object can be created? --dawn Received on Wed Jun 23 2004 - 00:33:01 CEST