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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Ammo-zilla
Date: 1999/11/02
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Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:

> I find it continually confusing that people confuse a
> programming paradigm (OOP) with some features in the language
> that are useful for supporting this paradigm.

I've seen so many conflicting definitions of "OOP" (and Object Oriented
Anything Else), that I think the phrase is pretty useless at this point
for conveying information other than marketting hype.  ;-)

Perhaps you should explain which definition you're using in this
thread.

- Bob