[tialaramex]

I think the choice to identify a specific ur-language as "Object oriented" throws people off since OO is just a style of programming in the same way that procedural is. I don't think it's useful to say that Python and C++ are both the same kind of language because they both have multiple inheritance, rather that's just an observable commonality, like noticing that both Delhi and Vegas are too hot. Yeah, but I don't think that's because they're the same kind of place...

[link89]

Object-oriented programming is less of a syntax and more of a philosophy. While Erlang’s syntax belongs to the ML family, its creator, Joe Armstrong, argued that Erlang aligns more closely with the original OOP philosophy defined by the inventor of Smalltalk than Java does: 'The essence of object-oriented programming is messaging, not classes and inheritance.'

[narcraft]

Yeah, but the thing about Vegas is that it's really more of a dry heat

[brucehoult]

Compared to Delhi? Ok. But I've had a soaking uncomfortable shirt every time I've been to Vegas, while in Phoenix it evaporates quickly.