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		nitely on Jan 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OO in Python is mostly pointless If we go by Alan Kay's definition, then we can argue Elixir/Erlang is an OO language [0]. It's not the first language one would think of when talking about OOP, is it? To me, OOP is all about implementation details. [0] https://elixirforum.com/t/the-oop-concept-according-to-erlan...

mumblemumble on Jan 28, 2021 [–]

See: https://www.quora.com/What-does-Alan-Kay-think-about-Joe-Arm...

In which Alan Kay himself answers the question, saying, "Erlang is much closer to the original ideas I had about “objects” and how to use them."

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