Abstract
This paper describes a new data abstraction mechanism in an object-oriented model of computing. The data abstraction mechanism described here has been devised in the context of the design of Sina/st language. In Sina/st no language constructs have been adopted for specifying inheritance or delegation, but rather, we introduce simpler mechanisms that can support a wide range of code sharing strategies without selecting one among them as a language feature. Sina/st also provides a stronger data encapsulation than most of the existing object-oriented languages. This language has been implemented on the SUN 3 workstation using Smalltalk.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 267-275 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | ACM SIGPLAN Notices |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 1988 |