The company I work with contributes to International Spectrum. The publication serves the multi-value database community with news and new technologies. It was my pleasure to contribute an article. The second part of the two-part article was recently featured in the publication.
The article demonstrates how BASIC-like languages can be extended using the object oriented programming (OOP) concept of encapsulation to protect private variables. The article covers benefits and provides examples of how these modern concepts can further benefit non-OOP languages.
First part
http://www.intl-spectrum.com/mag/MARAPR.2010/default.aspx
Second part
http://www.intl-spectrum.com/mag/JANFEB.2010/default.aspx
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