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ioquatix on July 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Joe Armstrong: Why OO Sucks

Languages that are "OO" and languages that are not (in this case functions and data structures) are semantically equivalent.

Q.E.D.

it on July 15, 2012 [–]

It is possible in principle to implement one in terms of the other, but in practice this is not what typically happens.

ioquatix on July 15, 2012 | [–]

Sure, it might not be typical, but it does happen in quite a few languages. CLOS is one system that comes to mind.

FP vs OO is an interesting discussion but this article hardly does it justice.

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