OT: SICP Footnote

"Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1174238327.727693.280780_at_y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 18, 3:05 am, "Drago Ganic" <dga..._at_vodatel.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I do not agrre with the definition "instance of ADT" = object." nor do I
> > think that object is not well defined.
> >
> > Look up the book "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs"
(SICP
> > for short) by Ableson and Sussman.
> >
> > The right name for "instance of type (or ADT)" is *value* and not
*object*.
>
> SICP is a hardly a reference on OOP.
>
> My suspicion was that SICP didn't contain a single mention of OOP,
> so I thought I'd check. Turns out I was wrong: there is exactly one
> reference, in a footnote on page 200 (2nd ed.) Excerpt:

Hey, Marshall. If you've got a copy of SICP, or if you can use the online version, you can find my name in one of the footnotes.

I guess that makes me about as important as OOP. But I'll bet I rank higher in Sussman's recollections. Received on Mon Mar 19 2007 - 14:20:17 CET