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  1. 09-03-2012, 06:28 AM #1
    Iris
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    Default Why is my dog an Object?

    I get the whole things about state(s) and behavior(s), but having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that a dog will be considered an object. My TV is an object, the printer is an object: All these require some interaction from me to alter their state. A dog does not need an interaction from me to alter it's state (sleeping, walking, running ... ). Trying to understand why the Object class was chosen as the super class for all classes.
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  2. 09-03-2012, 10:47 AM #2
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    Default Re: Why is my dog an Object?

    What else would you have called it?
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  3. 09-03-2012, 04:16 PM #3
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    Default Re: Why is my dog an Object?

    I don't understand your question... You don't need to interact with something for it to be an object. Interacting is basically asking the Object to do a service. The bottom line: EVERYTHING is an Object.
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  4. 09-04-2012, 03:26 AM #4
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    Default Re: Why is my dog an Object?

    Don't think it really matters what I would call it, just curious to know why.
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  5. 09-04-2012, 09:29 AM #5
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    Default Re: Why is my dog an Object?

    Because Thing Oriented Programming sounded odd?
    Though TOP is possibly a better acronym than OOP.
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