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Article: Object-oriented programming: objets trouves. (computer programming) (Science and Technology)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 25, 1989
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Objets trouves
WRITING a computer program is like writing a story: you create a cast of characters and describe their dealings with one another. Unfortunately for programmers, the "characters" of their tales - bank accounts, payroll records and so on - do not grab the reader quite like bank robbers and lovers do. Worse, the languages of computer programs are better at describing what goes on inside a computer than the plots of the world outside. An innovative approach, called object-oriented programming, aims to change that, and so make programmers more productive and creative.
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