A generalized object model
Van Nguyen, Brent T. Hailpern · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 1986
ABSTRA CTSince the introduction of Smalltalk, the object-oriented paradigm has become a popular technique for the organization of data and programs.In this paradigm, objects (collections of data and programs) are organized in a class hierarchy.These classes collect similar objects and serve as a repository for methods (programs) shared by those objects.We present a new simple model of objects that allows multi-dimensional inheritance.Objects, in our model, behave like communicating processes in Hoare's CSP language, but with a different message-passing mechanism.This leads to a simple formal semantics for objects and inheritance.