From: "Sean O'Dell" <sean@...[REMOVE_THE_SPAM]>
Date: 2003-09-04T03:03:13+09:00
Subject: Re: OOP flavors - was Re: Python vs. Ruby

Brian Candler wrote:

> But perhaps more importantly: we expect the receiver of a message to modify
> its state, not the sender.

The principle of encapsulation is that only the receiver can actually 
modify itself.  Therefore, when our code represents what is actually 
happening, it's more readable.

At least to me.  =)

	Sean O'Dell