Comments on: JavaScript Is Not “Truly” Object Oriented http://www.engfers.com/2008/08/29/javascript-is-not-truly-object-oriented/ » scrumptions blog & code » nothing more, nothing less Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Caligula http://www.engfers.com/2008/08/29/javascript-is-not-truly-object-oriented/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Caligula Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:02:38 +0000 http://www.engfers.com/?p=276#comment-500 > I am tired of people writing stuff in/about JavaScript and calling it Object Oriented without explaining the difference between true object-oriented languages and scripting languages like JavaScript. And I'm tired of people believing that OO means only one thing. Is Smalltalk OO? Of course it is--but most implementations have no concept of private variables, instead relying on convention. There's also instVarAt: and instVarAt:put: messages. Is Self OO? Of course it is--it's also a prototypal-inheritance language. (And what's a "scripting language"?) > I am tired of people writing stuff in/about JavaScript and calling it Object Oriented without explaining the difference between true object-oriented languages and scripting languages like JavaScript.

And I’m tired of people believing that OO means only one thing.

Is Smalltalk OO? Of course it is–but most implementations have no concept of private variables, instead relying on convention. There’s also instVarAt: and instVarAt:put: messages.

Is Self OO? Of course it is–it’s also a prototypal-inheritance language.

(And what’s a “scripting language”?)

]]> By: The Main Reason For JavaScript Unreadability at engfer(s) http://www.engfers.com/2008/08/29/javascript-is-not-truly-object-oriented/comment-page-1/#comment-444 The Main Reason For JavaScript Unreadability at engfer(s) Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:33:13 +0000 http://www.engfers.com/?p=276#comment-444 [...] we said in another article ‘JavaScript Is Not “Truly” Object Oriented‘, the difference between prototypal and object-based inheritance is the same difference [...] [...] we said in another article ‘JavaScript Is Not “Truly” Object Oriented‘, the difference between prototypal and object-based inheritance is the same difference [...]

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