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Re: OOP in Mathematica

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg29111] Re: OOP in Mathematica
• From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
• Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 05:50:26 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
• References: <b3AP6.274$y25.1892@ralph.vnet.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hermann Schmitt wrote:
> 
> Hallo Mr. Kuska,
> comment at the end
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg29111]  Re: OOP in Mathematica

> Every expression in Mathematica has a "Head" - not only functions -, and I
> think the head can be used  as class in OOP.
> Hermann Schmitt

The head *is* the function call!

BTW. Collecting the member functions  in arguments of a function call
is quite stupid, because Mathematica will allmost every time
copy the function arguments when the unevaluated function is used.

Regards
  Jens