Re: Objects and Relations

On Feb 22, 9:35 pm, "Alfredo Novoa" <alfred..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 21, 4:09 pm, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > >>I prefer to only use "object" to mean instance. Why would one say
> > >>object when one means class? ie given that we have different words
> > >>for these different concepts, let's use them!
>
> > If "object" means object instances exclusively, then the term is
> > synonymous with "variable".
>
> "Object instance" might mean value.

Not a chance. Good OO programmers limit themselves to the definition by authors like Booch: objects must be part of the abstract machine and encapsulate identity, state and behavior.

> "Object" is synonymous with
> "instance" so "object instance" is redundant.

Yes.

> >Why would one say "object" when one means
> > "variable" ?
>
> Because it is a sloppy term for sloppy thinkers.

I take it you're not a fan of OO.

"Variable" is not an option because many languages have an incompatible meaning for that term. Received on Fri Feb 23 2007 - 06:48:18 CET