Wisskirchen, PeterC.E. Vandoni2015-09-292015-09-2919851017-4656https://doi.org/10.2312/eg.19851032The introduction of powerful object-oriented systems such as Smalltalk-80 and ZetaLisp Flavors offers a number of potential benefits to the field of computer graphics. This paper examines the potential for marrying object-oriented programming languages to emerging graphics kernel standards definitions. Examples of object-oriented hierarchies of graphics structures are provided, and modifications and extensions to kernel standards are suggested in order to both simplify the standards and more readily embrace the objectoriented approach.10.2312/eg.19851032