object-oriented programming language

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Noun1.object-oriented programming language - (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure; "C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C"
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
programing language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers
Java - a platform-independent object-oriented programming language
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Later, some of lexical structures available to structural, functional, and sometimes even to object-oriented languages were also added to FORTRAN.
Similarly, the layer allows for automatically transforming patterns into objects in different object-oriented languages and back (marshaling / unmarshaling patterns).
The first successful object-oriented languages, such as Simula (Dahl and Nygaard, 1966) (Poorley, 1986) and Smalltalk (Goldberg and Kay, 1976), allowed object design only via a class.
Of course, in any good object-oriented language, you don't.
Nor do the authors adequately explore the concept of "object" well enough to explain its significance in any object-oriented language. Without understanding objects, it's difficult to really understand such concepts as encapsulation.
Demonstrating Microsoft's further support for industry standards, Gates announced that the company has submitted C# (pronounced C-sharp), a powerful new object-oriented language for C and C++ developers, and key parts of the .NET Framework to ECMA, a vendor-independent international standards organization committed to driving industrywide adoption of communications technologies.
The power of the VAS's object-oriented language, ScriptV, makes it easy to add interactivity to applications, even for users relatively new to programming.
Genesis does not use an object-oriented language, but rather a macroprocessor and conditional compilation to implement an object-oriented design in C.
Safe and decidable type checking in an object-oriented language. SIGPLAN Not.
"It is fair to say that most of Sqribe's technology isn't done in a modern, object-oriented language, but what they're [Business Objects] downplaying, or just not aware of, is that the older technology is much better, much more scaleable and much more powerful, and that's what the key to this market is," he said.
The term "object-oriented language" was associated with languages like Simula, Smalltalk and Eiffel, which supported mechanisms of instantiation and subclassing.
Java is an object-oriented language that works independently of any operating system or microprocessor.
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