[skippyboxedhero]

I am not entirely sure that most data-oriented programs do go this way. You can split functionality out of the data but the data can still be represented with an object or whatever. I would agree though, you might as well be using Python at that point.

An example of what I mean is Spring. Obviously, from what I recall, that goes to other extreme with lots of XML configuration. But there is no need for vague types that can cause all sorts of mischief at runtime. The key idea is splitting code from data, not necessarily the representation of the data (although that can come into it if you have performance-sensitive apps).