From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!ncar!ico!vail!rcd From: rcd@ico.ISC.COM (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Objectification Summary: OK, but get a real word! Message-ID: <15991@vail.ICO.ISC.COM> Date: 7 Aug 89 23:00:03 GMT References: <534@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> Organization: Interactive Systems Corp, Boulder, CO List-Id: eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) writes about many matters and meta-matters roughly related to OOP and moving toward it. All well, but couldn't someone come up with a better word (or perhaps I should just say "a word") for the concept? "Objectification" is sufficiently ugly and silly-sounding (sounds like it came out of a congressional committee) to be an impediment to the goals. -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com uucp: {ncar,nbires}!ico!rcd (303)449-2870 ...Simpler is better.