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CHAPTER 25 — Objects

Until now, we have not really been doing much with objects. This chapter discusses objects and classes, and how an object-oriented language like Java is different from other languages.

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Forget programming for a while. Think about the things in the world that are objects, and things that are not objects. This is actually a profoundly difficult problem, which has occupied philosophers for thousands of years. Don't be too worried if it is not clear to you.

QUESTION 1:

List four objects and list four non-objects.

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