Perspectives on classes

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Classes and Objects - slide 7 : 30

Perspectives on classes

A class can be understood in several different ways

Different perspectives on classes:
- An abstract datatype
- A generalization of a record (struct)
- A definition procedure
- A module

Foldoc: Abstract data types