each object performing its own functions, without undue interference from others. The robustness comes from the fact that the loss of an object does not damage other objects. Supporting growth comes from using the same structuring and communication mechanism throughout. Finally, the reuse comes from each object performing its own role, with only minimal connections to other objects. <<Squeak, Open Personal Computing and Multimedia>> Object is a metaphor of cell.
class library, it is not even about classes. I'm sorry that I long ago coined the term "objects" for this topic because it gets many people to focus on the lesser idea. The big idea is "messaging". ---- Alan Kay