Programming with objects

Author

Register, Andy ; Hopper, Michael A.

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1994

fDate

4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

36

Abstract

The primary question about object programming is "How is it better than traditional programming methods?" The following answers are typically given: increased productivity, more code reuse, better management of complexity, and encouragement of a healthy programming style. However these advantages may not be evident until one understands the philosophy behind an object. Furthermore, when trying to learn an object based language, the first obstacles appear to be terminology and language syntax. This is deceiving since the real obstacle is learning to think of a program in terms of objects rather than data and subroutines. The distinction is as subtle as it is powerful. The present authors present some terms and ideas about programming with objects without emphasizing any specific programming language.<>

Keywords

object-oriented programming; code reuse; language syntax; management of complexity; object based language; object programming; productivity; programming style; terminology; Algorithms; Computer languages; Data engineering; Data structures; Design methodology; High level languages; Large-scale systems; Productivity; Programming; Terminology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Potentials, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-6648

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/45.283887

Filename

283887