They are normally mentioned in the same sentence and are both classes as separation of concerns. I am not convinced of that as one is more a technique (AOP) and the other is a framework (IP). John "Steve Merrick" <Steve.Merrick / Marconi.com> wrote in message news:a5vg10$bkg$1 / newsfeed.pit.comms.marconi.com... > Isn't there some similarity between IP and Aspect-Oriented Programming? > (Or is it just that I know far too little about both of them? :-) > > -- > Steve Merrick > > "Who cares, wins" > >