Re: Interesting take on Paradigms (OO vs Procedural)

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some of this thread reminds me of one of my (many) lost battlers during
the 
development of the '02 COBOL standard.

I never liked the implications of the syntax

  Invoke object-reference "method-name" using passed-parameters

It always seemed to me that what was really happening was that a "message"
was 
being sent to the object-reference to be processed BY "method-name" using 
passed-parameters. or in pseudo-syntax

Send Message to object-reference for "method-name" using passed-parameters

I can't think of any other case in which two "operands" follow a COBOL
statement 
name before a preposition where the two have "different" uses, e.g.

 Compute filed-1 field-2 = arithmetic expression

In this case, "field-1" and field-2 are simply repeated receiving
operands.

I didn't even think that object-reference is the "object of the verb"
INVOKE 
(English grammar, not "object" in OO sense)

Are you really "invoking" an object reference? or are you sending
something to 
it?

Oh well, it is certainly too late now, but I this thread did remind me of
the 
old issue.

-- 
Bill Klein
 wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com