Re: Interesting take on Paradigms (OO vs Procedural)


"Richard" <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mar 29, 1:51 pm, "Rick Smith" <ricksm...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]
The book "Simulation Using GPSS", Thomas J. Schriber,
1974, covers the use of General Purpose Simulation System
to accomplish discrete event simulation. I find no mention of
"class", "object", or "method" in this book; thus, apparently,
these terms are not in the jargon of GPSS users. The author
uses procedural languages as a model for explaining the use
of GPSS.

Turning to my* copy of "Programming Languages. NATO Advanced Study
Institute, edited by F Genuys 1968" it has an article "Discrete Event
Simulation Languages" by Ole-Johan Dahl. This apparently was given as
a series of lectures around 1966. It discusses simulation in general
and how some computer simulation languages map onto the process.
[snip]
After a few pages of these concepts there is a section that indicates
the terminology of several programs and how the concepts relate to the
terminology used by the programs. The programs are GPSS, SOL,
SIMSCRIPT, CSL and SIMULA. For example in GPSS an 'attribute' is
called a 'parameter', an 'object' is called a 'transaction', GPSS
doesn't implement anything related to 'class'.

Thanks for the information. I was hoping to find in my
GPSS book a discussion of the OO terms in the context
of simulation; but I guess that ain't going to happen.


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