Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Not understanding OOP stuff Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:10:48 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: <87k22zrmtj.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <1914438.irdbgypaU6@PointedEars.de> <02ec6752-8a2d-4116-9396-71d36dcbd579@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="964fdf7e903e77d2a3835607e95d0da8"; logging-data="26118"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+8jLphGXwF0NX7s5VnGOsUCBFcj0/U3Xo=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:cbjD2+P+dzBN2t4xNGmubgfjhj8= sha1:0hMElfNpddg/vN5XoqxzBScncnc= X-BSB-Auth: 1.e08fd3be5cd58e3146c3.20170723201048BST.87k22zrmtj.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:33624 Julio Di Egidio writes: > On Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 6:12:22 PM UTC+2, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Stefan Ram wrote: > >> > (At least, this is the common metaphor.) >> >> Programming is _not_ philosophy. > > Agreed: and, crucially, JavaScript is _not_ an object-oriented > language. From ECMA 262: "ECMAScript is an object-oriented programming language..." Maybe one could call the point "debatable"? (Not that I want to debate it.) -- Ben.