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From: altinbay@netcom.com (John Altinbay)
Subject: Re: Smalltalk terminology - Object, Class, and Instance
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In article <DAtMy8.nr@heeg.de> hmm@gustav (Hans-Martin Mosner) writes:
>The definitions that you cite are in fact a bit confusing. Let me try
>to clarify things:
>
>1. In Smalltalk, everything is an object. There is no artificial
>   division between "simple data" such as Integers, Characters etc.
>   and "full objects".

I think this is one of the better explanations I have encountered.
Great job, Hans-Martin!


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