
Prelab Activities
Review
Object-Oriented Terminology
The vocabulary of object-oriented programming (OOP) has its roots in the
programming languages Simula and Smalltalk and can be very bewildering. Such
phrases as “sending a message to,” “methods,” and “instance variables” are sprinkled
throughout the OOP literature. Don’t panic! These are just synonyms for C++
constructs you already know. For example, an object is a class object or class instance,
a method is a public member function, and an instance variable is a private data
member. Sending a message is a call to a public member function. To help you become
more comfortable with object-oriented terminology, ...