How is the object-oriented approach used today, and how may it be used in the future?
This is the original application of object-orientation. Today there are many programming languages available, both innovative, "pure" languages, which build solely on object-oriented concepts, and extensions to traditional languages like C, Pascal and COBOL.
Libraries of reusable classes.
Libraries of highly inter-connected, reusable classes which implement a framework for a series of applications with similar behaviour.
Techniques and methods for modelling, analyzing user requirements and specifying software systems, prior to implementation.
"Computer Aided Software Engineering" - e.g. tools for Analysis & Design.
Databases which handle objects and classes.
A new architecture for operating systems, which may handle classes and objects, instead of applications and data files.
Object-oriented tools for the development of distributed systems.
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