[Fwd: Re: [go-nuts] Re: Generics false dichotomy]

[deadalnix]

On Thursday, 20 February 2014 at 22:33:34 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> Am 20.02.2014 23:09, schrieb Walter Bright:
>> On 2/20/2014 12:17 PM, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>>> I used common base object in Turbo Pascal, C++, Oberon(-2), 
>>> Java and C#,
>>> before the said languages got any form of generics.
>>> I don't miss those days.
>>
>> Isn't it interesting how the "OOP everywhere" mantra of the 
>> late 80's /
>> early 90's has largely disappeared?
>
> Yes, like every new paradigm I think people tend to go 
> overboard.
>
> Last example is the discussion about OOP vs FP, when most 
> languages used in such discussions are actually multi-paradigm, 
> even if they are
> functional first vs object first.
>
> Regarding OO, it is interesting to see how after all those 
> years we are
> finally getting to the interfaces/traits usage coupled with 
> generics, with little inheritance. Ideally of course, many 
> people still haven't got to it.
>
> --
> Paulo

That makes me sad that D has Java's object model rather than 
let's say, scala's (which work with traits/interfaces).