In kragen's defense, we do know each other (from the internet), and we argue about these sorts of things to no end. So there is a discernible reason, it's just

In kragen's defense, we do know each other (from the internet), and we argue about these sorts of things to no end. So there is a discernible reason, it's just probably not obvious to the casual observer :) All of these properties of functional programming are true and nice, but that still ignores the fact that I wasn't making an ideological point about FP vs OOP! I said "here is a rant about why I don't like OOP as a modeling paradigm" and then (as a separate point) "here are a bunch of ways in which this other paradigm I'm familiar with achieves the same things as OOP without annoying the pants off me". It's a subtle distinction, but I wouldn't want to be thought of as just a run-of-the-mill religious-war troll.