mwirth@gara.une.oz.au (Michael A. Wirth) (05/24/91)
Does anybody have any ideas on the definition of an object as described by set theory? All contributions welcome, please EMail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Wirth Senior Technical Advisor Duval College mwirth@gara.une.oz.au University of New England mwirth@neumann.une.oz.au Armidale, N.S.W, 2351. A U S T R A L I A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) (05/27/91)
>>>>> On 24 May 91 12:37:27 GMT, mwirth@gara.une.oz.au (Michael A. Wirth) said:
Michael> Does anybody have any ideas on the definition of an object
Michael> as described by set theory?
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to ask the definition of set as described by
object theory? Really, aren't sets more easily described by objects than vice
versa?
Trying the reverse, though, object theory might be broken down into:
Class - the set of object types.
Object - instantiations of classes.
Property - the pieces of class definitions (which may be objects).
Method - behaviours of classes.
Relationship - how classes relate to one another.
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