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> Whatever Scala devotees may believe [...] It's not just Scala devotees. You should read [this post][1] by Alan Kay (Turing Award winner, designer of Smalltal
by z1mm32m4n 10y ago
> Whatever Scala devotees may believe [...]
It's not just Scala devotees. You should read [this post][1] by Alan Kay (Turing Award winner, designer of Smalltalk). He arrives at a conclusion that might surprise you:
> I think of "objects" and "functions" as being complementary ideas and not at odds at all.
Largely what you may be referring to is the idea of purity and mutation being at odds, but these are orthogonal from the ideas of OOP and FP.
A very interesting read.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11808551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11808551