Class

  • Authors:

  • David B. Wortman

  • Affiliations:

  • -

  • Venue:
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The concept of class was introduced in the programming language Simula 67 as an extension to the block structure and procedure mechanisms of Algol 60 (q.v.). As a technique for structuring programs, it is an alternative to the strict nesting of blocks in Algol 60. More recently the class concept has been used in the C++ (q.v.) and Java (q.v.) programming languages, primarily as a mechanism for building abstract data types (q.v.).