Strategic directions in object-oriented programming

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is about modeling, reusability, and integration: it provides modeling primitives, a framework for high-level reusability, and integrating mechanisms for organizing knowledge about application domains. OOP originated with the Simula languages developed at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, Norway. Work in OOP may be grouped into 3 categories: 1. foundations, 2. languages, environments, and tools, and 3. architecture and design. Four specific areas representing major trends and/or problems of OO stand out as central concerns over the next decade: 1. technologies integration, 2. software components, 3. distributed programming, and 4. the search for successors to the OO paradigm itself.