From: "Geo" 

"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:4190848a.1584097{at}216.144.1.254...

> int i;
> Date d;
>
> i is a "variable" in that it contains data only. Operations
performed on i
> (like addition)  are provided by the compiler and their meaning can't be
> changed.
>
> d is also a variable but it has user-defined functions, aka methods. A
> self-contained thing with data and methods is known as an object because
> you can (probably) manipulate it without knowledge of its inner workings.

Great, but I can manipulate int i without knowledge of it's inner workings
either, I basically treat both the same.

> It could be argued that there is not much point in insisting on calling i
> a variable and d an object.

So is a variable just a simple object?

Geo.

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