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From: John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Object oriented programming
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:46:36 +0000
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 08:33:31 -0800 (PST), Julio Di Egidio
<julio@diegidio.name> wrote:

>On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 3:05:32 PM UTC+1, John G Harris wrote:

  <snip>
>> An International Standard can define "method" to
>> mean anything it wants it to mean, *within* the standard.
>
>Yes and no: they could have said, even just in a side note, "we'll call
>these methods henceforth, but please don't trip over it".  That's not what
>they have been doing, in fact the opposite of it.

You will of course now add a note to the Wikipedia entry on Method
(computer programming) giving your definition of 'method'.

  John