> At that point, why not just use functions and regular objects? Without inheritance, classes tend to have these other rules and complications that don't seem t

> At that point, why not just use functions and regular objects? Without inheritance, classes tend to have these other rules and complications that don't seem to really add anything when there is no hierarchy. I have done this myself. In TypeScript I would write a class that supports an interface. There is no hierarchy, but writing as a class gives it structure, a clear name, you know how to instantiate it, what it supports, private methods, private state, static functions, etc. So I find that classes still do great encapsulation for mutable objects.