[cap-talk] objects and facets

[Valerio Bellizzomi]

On 30/12/2006, at 19.17, John Carlson wrote:

>And any interface is essentially a mini-language.

>Would you consider a
>graphical user interface a membrane?

No. The subjects are processes, not users.

>I'm not really that familiar with the
>uses of membrane.

>Switching the terms around, what kind of interface is
>machine language?

A direct interface to the hardware ?


----- Original Message ----
From: Valerio Bellizzomi
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If the following make some sense:
- a parameter
>convention is an interface between functions
- a facet is an interface
>between objects
- a membrane is an interface between subjects
- an IPC
>convention is an interface between domains

Then the term "interface" is a
>general term, as such it should be
interchangeable with all of the above
>terms when we talk in generalized or
abstract form.
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