Peter Verswyvelen <bugf...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Gregory Collins <g...@gregorycollins.net> > wrote: > > Doing OO-style programming in Haskell is difficult and unnatural, > it's true (although technically speaking it is possible). That > said, nobody's yet to present a convincing argument to me why Java > gets a free pass for lacking closures and typeclasses. > > I might be wrong, but doesn't Java's concepts of inner classes and > interfaces together with adapter classes can be used to replace > closures and typeclasses in a way?
Maybe, in the same sense that a lawnmower engine strapped to a skateboard is a replacement for a car: it takes you ten times as long to get to your destination and you're cold and wet when you get there. G -- Gregory Collins <g...@gregorycollins.net> _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
