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		Rickasaurus on April 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The truth about Scala There certainly are varying definitions of "object-oriented"-ness, just contrast C++ and Smalltalk!

derleth on April 1, 2012 [–]

And then contrast Smalltalk with CLOS.

(CLOS is the Common Lisp Object System. If Smalltalk is more OO than C++, and I think most people see it that way, then CLOS is ... sideways OO than Smalltalk. It's not quite on the same spectrum, but it is still OO.)

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