PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTLY MANIPULATING OBJECTS IN AN OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: MOORE, RICHARD EUGENE, TILLER, JOHN RUSSEL, JR, BRIGGS, RICHARD SMITH, JR, SHACKELFORD, FLOYD WAYNE, RICH, WILLIAM LAWRENCE, ABRAHAM, ROBERT LOW
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.10.1992
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

Data may be manipulated directly in an object oriented programming system by providing a slot object which contains data within its frame. In contrast with conventional objects, the frames of which only contain attributes of the associated instances, the slot object contains actual data therein. Sin...