BLM>  Correct any of this if it is wrong please. 
 DM> Ok.  :-) 
 
I am forever in you debt. |) 
 
 BLM>  "Object Oriented Programming" is mostly hype... 
 DM> There is a lot of hype with OOP, as there has been with any other 
 DM> "real" programming advance.  That doesn't mean it isn't valid - 
 DM> only that MS has gotten a hold of it.  :-) 
 
I didn't mean to imply that OOP is an invalid concept, just that it is 
only a concept and not a programming language.  From what I have learned 
so far OOP is the best way to develop complex applications.  Note: what I 
have learned so far about object oriented programming can fit here ->[]. 
But I haven't given up. |) 
 
 DM> First of all, OOP is a complete paradigm shift (to use an already 
 DM> overused term) from "structural" programming. 
 
Believe it or not, I'm willing to change the way I look at things.  I 
always thought I had a very open mind. 
 
 DM> It is a complete change in design and thought about programming. 
 
Perhaps you could give an example here.  I have been programming as 
a hobby for some years now and have used everything from Asic to 
Modula-2.  From all power no structure to all structure no power |). 
Is OOP the happy medium? 
 
 BLM> Classes are the basic building blocks of C++ programs just as 
 BLM> functions are the basic building blocks of C programs. 
 DM> OBJECTS are the basic building blocks of an OOPL, in general. 
 
Please define OBJECT.  I think this is one of my sticking points. 
Is an object a class?  Is a class an object?  How do you create 
an object?  thanx  
 
*Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes 
  
blm
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