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Re: Create array using name from string?

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Cezary Tomczyk wrote:
> On 29/05/2019 19:24, Julio Di Egidio wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 29 May 2019 00:22:33 UTC+2, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn  wrote:
> > 
> >> (Unfortunately, regarding his code style Dr. Stockton
> >> appears to be stuck the world of Borland Pascal where such distinctions
> >> need not be made because it is not an OOPL in the first place.)
> > 
> > What a nonsensical statement: all the more so since JS is essentially
> > NOT an OO language...
> 
> What is then OO definition?

The generally accepted definition of OOP is described by Benjamin Pierce in TAPL [1][2]. Namely:

  1. Multiple representations: The object dictates what code is
executed, often at runtime using dynamic dispatch
  2. Encapsulation: Hiding of internal representation and providing a
limited interface for access.
  3. Subtyping: Interface sharing
  4. Inheritance: Implementation sharing of shared interfaces.
Generally done through classes or delegation
  5. Open recursion: The ability of a method to refer to other methods
of itself before/after they are defined. (keyword 'this' in JS, 'self'
in Python, 'my' in Perl, etc.)


So JavaScript is "Object-Oriented" because it has a set of features in common with the definition of being Object Oriented.


[1] <https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/tapl/>
[2] See Chapter 18.1 <http://port70.net/~nsz/articles/book/pierce_types_and_programming_languages_2002.pdf> 

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