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'''Role-oriented programming''' is a form of [[programming language|computer programming]] aimed at expressing things in same terms as our conceptual understanding of the world. This should make programs easier to understand and maintain.

The main idea of role-oriented programming is that humans think in terms of roles. This claim is often backed up by examples of social relations. For example, a student attending a class and the same student at a party are the same person, but yet plays in two different roles. In particular, the interactions of this person with the outside world depends on his current role. The roles typicalltypically share features, e.g., the intrinsic properties of being a person. This sharing of properties is often handled by the [[delegation]] mechanism.

In the older literature and in the field of databases, it seems that there has been little consideration for the context in which roles interplay with each other. Such a context is being established in newer role- and aspect-oriented programming languages such as PyMeleon and Object Teams.