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I wonder if, in that world, Lisp would be the boring corporate language, and HN would dream of a world where object orientation (which is clearly superior) neve
by sdsd 1y ago
I wonder if, in that world, Lisp would be the boring corporate language, and HN would dream of a world where object orientation (which is clearly superior) never had a chance to leap from academia to the mainstream, and hackers post their niche flavors of Java and Smalltalk here.
- jjtheblunt 1y agothis article discussing how closure creation is disguised OO (and vice versa) might interest you. https://wiki.c2.com/?ClosuresAndObjectsAreEquivalent https://wiki.c2.com/?ClosuresAndObjectsAreEquivalent
- Jtsummers 1y agoEven discussed here a couple times: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33676959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33676959 - November 2022, 64 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9363635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9363635 - April 2015, 45 comments
- arethuza 1y agoWell, that world would also have CLOS - maybe the AMOP would be treated with the same reverence as the GoF design patterns book... ;-)