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well it's primary use seems to be providing a moving goal post for the functional side during the occasional OO vs Functional skirmishes.

• Evbn 14y ago
  That is required for parity with the OO side. Cf. Alan Kay on OO.
  • Avshalom 14y ago
    quite. Smalltalk is OO and Haskell is Functional are about the only (currently) accepted facts about the definitions of OO and Functional.