<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
</head>
<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">
A third way of looking at objects, which I rather like, is the lambda-based perspective:
<div><br>
</div>
<div><a href="http://erights.org/elib/capability/ode/ode-objects.html">http://erights.org/elib/capability/ode/ode-objects.html</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The last paragraph quotes Dr. Alan Kay…</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div apple-content-edited="true">----------=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-========oOo========-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=----------<br>
<a href="mailto:Ronald.P.Welch@baesystems.com">mailto:Ronald.P.Welch@baesystems.com</a> Phone:(607)206-8718<br>
BAE SYSTEMS 1701 North Street, Endicott, NY 13760<br>
----------=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===================-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=---------- </div>
<br>
<div>
<div>On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:39 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle <a href="mailto:spdegabrielle@gmail.com">
spdegabrielle@gmail.com</a> [self-interest] wrote:</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<blockquote type="cite">
<div style="background-color: #fff;">
<div class="WordSection1">
<div style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0in" align="center">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">*<strong>**
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">WARNIN</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">G</span></span></span>
</span>***</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 13px;">EXTERNAL EMAIL -- This message originates from outside our organization</span>.</span></span></p>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<span style="display:none"> </span>
<div id="ygrp-text">
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">So we have prototypes (self & JavaScript) and classes (sometimes added to JavaScript).<br>
<br>
Is there another way?<br>
<br>
S.<br>
<br>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 at 04:23, 'Jason Grossman' <a href="mailto:spam-me@xeny.net">
spam-me@xeny.net</a> [self-interest] <<a href="mailto:self-interest@yahoogroups.com">self-interest@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;">
<div style="background-color:#fff;">
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p>I wrote:<br>
<br>
> I just re-watched Alan Kay's famous talk "The Computer Revolution <br>
> Hasn't Happened Yet", and it sounds to me like a very good argument <br>
> against classes, although I doubt that he meant it to be!<br>
<br>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color:#fff;">
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p>And I've just noticed that Alan Kay has recently (this week!) said:<br>
<br>
> I liked Self. "Good OOP" is still waiting for a much better notion to <br>
> replace the idea of a "Class"<br>
<br>
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851</a><br>
<br>
Jason<br>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color:#fff;">
<div>
<div>
<div style="color:#fff;min-height:0;"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">-- <br>
</div>
<div data="gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">Kind regards,<br>
Stephen<br>
--<br>
Bigger than Scheme, cooler than Clojure & more fun than CL.(n=1)<br>
--</div>
</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- end group email --></blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</body>
</html>