object-based language

Meaning

1. noun Any programming language that encapsulates the state and operations inside objects that may or may not support inheritance.

   In practice, the term "object-based" is usually applied to those object-based languages that are not also object-oriented, although all object-oriented languages are also object-based, by definition. Instead, the terms "object-based" and "object-oriented" are normally used as mutually exclusive alternatives, rather than as categories that overlap.

Similar words

object-based programming object-oriented language class-based language aspect-oriented language prototype-based language object-oriented programming class-based programming object oriented programming object language role-oriented language