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bad_user on Nov 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rob Pike on Object Oriented programming

Funny how I end-up arguing for or against OOP in the same thread.

Guy Steele, one of the big proponents of OOP and one of the creators of Scheme, does not agree that tacked-on OOP is practical: http://www.dreamsongs.com/ObjectsHaveNotFailedNarr.html

eternalban on Nov 15, 2012 [–]

Actually, he says quite a bit more than that. That article is a very effective rebuttable of OP's position.

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