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A Scandinavian Perspective 

 

OLE LEHRMANN MADSEN 

Computer Science Dept., Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade , DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark 

(e-mail: [e-mail]) 

 

SUMMARY

 

We discuss a number of open issues within object-oriented programming. The central mechanisms of 

object-oriented programming appeared with Simula developed more than 30 years ago including class, 

subclass, virtual function, active object  and the first application framework, Class Simulation. The 

core parts of object-oriented programming should be well understood, but there are still a large number