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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_oriented Wikipedia article on OOP] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_oriented Wikipedia article on OOP] | ||
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2950949730059754521&ei=oKPISeCIIoKO-Abri-jUAQ&q=object+oriented+programming+smalltalk&hl=en Alan Kay] on objects | |||
Latest revision as of 11:11, 24 March 2009
Object-oriented programming is an approach to programming. Many different styles and depths of "OOP" exist, and many languages, including Python support OOP features. In a nutshell, the core features of OOP are:
- Bundling or "encapsulation" of data structures and related functions
- Inheritance, or a sharing of code & data through hierarchies of "classes"
- Poly-morphism, or roughly said: the ability for different kinds of objects to respond uniquely to the same message, without the caller of that message needing to know about the differences.
Resources
- Alan Kay on objects