> A component is an object and therefore perhaps ought to be represented by a class. That's what those who ditch inheritance altogether when designing language

> A component is an object and therefore perhaps ought to be represented by a class. That's what those who ditch inheritance altogether when designing languages challenge and it turns out not much of value is lost :) 'Component is an object' is something you'd hear from an OOP practitioner which isn't exactly convincing to people thinking functionally.