Understanding Object-Oriented Concepts
In this section I want to review some basic object-oriented concepts to ensure that we are all on the same page. If you are sure you understand the difference between a metaclass, a class, and an object and you know what encapsulation and information hiding, association, aggregation, inheritance, and polymorphism are, skip to the last section in this chapter to read about the ildasm.exe utility. If you need to review these concepts, stay tuned.
Objects, Classes, and Metaclasses
Occasionally I hear things that are astounding. I was at a user's group in Charlotte, North Carolina, and heard a smart person say to a group of a hundred or so developers that there is “no difference between a class and an object.” ...
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