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it on July 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Joe Armstrong: Why OO Sucks

It is possible in principle to implement one in terms of the other, but in practice this is not what typically happens.

ioquatix on July 15, 2012 [–]

Sure, it might not be typical, but it does happen in quite a few languages. CLOS is one system that comes to mind.

FP vs OO is an interesting discussion but this article hardly does it justice.

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