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object language

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object language
(1) A programming language that is object oriented. See object-oriented programming.

(2) A language defined by another language. See metalanguage.

(3) The output of a compiler or assembler program. See machine language.
object language [′äb·jekt ‚laŋ·gwij]
(computer science)
The intended and desired output language in the translation or conversion of information from one language to another.


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Here Russell disagrees with Wittgenstein and puts forward the idea that one can discuss the semantics of one language, call it the object language, by using a different language, a metalanguage, in which it is possible to talk meaningfully of the relationship between the object language and the world.
It consists in the objective study of a language not closely related to our own, and the comparison of the metaphysical implications of the object language with those of ours.
Horton recently served as vice president and chief financial officer for EORM, an environmental consulting firm, and for ParcPlace-Digitalk, an object language software and consulting company.
 
 
 
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