When we say a language "is OO", we use that as shorthand for "there is a way of easily accessing polymorphism, abstraction, and inheritance". You are splitting hairs along a non-normal crease to redefine that statement.

Sure, you can do non-OO stuff with an "OO language".

Sure, you can do OO stuff with a "non OO language".

But your definition doesn't help distinguish the languages which make you fight against the grain for OO. So it's a pretty useless definition for most of us.

Fine to do this in the privacy of your own cube, but posting a headline like "Perl is not OO" will get you nailed pretty bad in this community, and does no justice to those who walk away saying "Oh, I heard Perl is not OO, but Java definitely is...". Now you've done us all an injustice.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

In reply to Re: Perl is NOT OO by merlyn
in thread What is it about perl that makes perl so cool? by zigster

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