can we creat threads in clojure? On Feb 11, 8:11 pm, Laurent PETIT <laurent.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > The problem is about the overloading of the "object based" expression. > > A step forward could be to recognize that: > * Java is a weak/simplified version of a class based language > (simplifications made for several well known reasons: ease of adoption > by C/C++ crowd: - algol like syntax-, reduced functionalities for > debatable reasons: e.g. no C++ multiple > inheritence/templates/pointers-, not fully class based for debatable > performance reasons: primitive types, not everything is a class > method). It did at least have the good property of popularizing the > JVM and the notion of garbage collection, to cite the most evident to > me. > * Javascript (at least in its ancestral forms, don't know for sure > since the later ECMA standardizations) is a prototype based language > => true object orientation, methods "belong" to objects, not to their > classes (by belong, I mean one can redefine methods on an object > basis) > * Smalltalk is a pure class based language. No static methods in > smalltalk, thanks to its correct use of the meta-class concept. > > * Clojure is a pragmatic language, function based, with a clear story > for managing the parts of your application which require manipulation > of internal (essential) state, or external (I/O resources) state. > > I don't know if it is at all possible to map the "concept" of "object > orientation" to one category and not the other ... > > 2010/2/11 Jeff Schwab <j...@schwabcenter.com>: > > > > > Joel Westerberg wrote: > > >> You can work with java objects. But clojure itself is not object oriented, > >> because it's functional, and object orientation requires state > >> manipulation. > > > By whose definition? Are you saying there is no such thing as an immutable > > object? > > >> Other lisps support object orientation, common-lisp for example. > > > Clojure is not purely functional. In fact, it has special support for > > managing mutable state in coherent ways. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > > first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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