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Article #35Re: Are
From: Wayne Beaton
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 15:05
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 15:05
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David N. Smith <dnsmith@watson.ibm.com> wrote: On 28 Oct 1995 14:20:51 GMT, you wrote: >A message is the NAME of a method, not the method itself. >(Remember that there can be dozens of methods with the same name >and that at different times the same bit of code might invoke >different ones of these.) Actually, the name of a method is its selector (there, more terminology). In fact, a method is the manner in which an object responds to a message. Subtle, but important. Wayne +---------------------------------------------------+ Wayne Beaton The Object People, Inc. wayne@objectpeople.on.ca http://www.objectpeople.on.ca "My Smalltalk includes Quebec" +---------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!ftn.net!news From: wayne@objectPeople.on.ca (Wayne Beaton) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: Are Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 15:05:58 GMT Organization: The Object People, Inc. Message-ID: <47l8ff$ldn@master.ftn.net> References: <46qk9j$mgv@news.inc.net> <46te83$gun@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.189.159.102 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82