BLM>  Correct any of this if it is wrong please. 
Ok.  :-)
 BLM>  "Object Oriented Programming" is mostly hype first of all.  I have 
First of all, OOP is a complete paradigm shift (to use an already overused 
term) from "structural" programming.  It is a complete change in design and 
thought about programming.  It extends on data-oriented design (i.e., where 
you try to develop a program that takes certain input(s) and creates certain 
output(s)) a step, combining some of the best features of data oriented 
design, abstract data types, and throws in a smattering of readability for 
good measure.  (I always found "strcat" to be less intuitive than "+".  )
There is a lot of hype with OOP, as there has been with any other "real" 
programming advance.  That doesn't mean it isn't valid - only that MS has 
gotten a hold of it.  :-)
 BLM>  Classes are the basic building blocks of C++ programs just as 
functions 
 BLM>  are the basic building blocks of C programs. 
OBJECTS are the basic building blocks of an OOPL, in general.
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