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by simiones 2669 days ago
I don't think you meant to imply this, but for anyone else - please note that the reverse can also be said - closures from an FP setting are objects from an OO setting, and it is natural to implement closures if you want them; see e.g. C++ "functors".

That is, objects and closures can both be implemented in terms of the other, if your language doesn't happen to offer both.

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Lots of discussion and links on this at http://wiki.c2.com/?ClosuresAndObjectsAreEquivalent