On Friday 14 November 2003 12:12 pm, Hans Nikolaus Beck wrote:

> from the perspective of modeling in computer science, is there a
> difference between the statements
>
> 1) a biological cell IS a process
>
> 2) a biological cell HAS processes
>
> (related to the discussion if objects could been seen as processes) ?
>
>  From the last posts, I can understand that a process may be modeled as
> a object (which is the other direction). In this case, what  represent
> the methods/behaviour of such objects (or in other words: what is the
> behaviour of a behavior/process)

I wouldn't look at it that way. That is, the fact that an object is an active 
object (or actor) is only an implementation detail, and doesn't directly 
affect its responsibilities in the overall system.

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