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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to pehache   
   Re: =?UTF-8?B?4oCcVHlwZS1Cb3VuZCBQcm9jZW   
   01 Mar 24 20:57:44   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 01 Mar 24 12:35:56 +0000, pehache wrote:   
      
   > Le 01/03/2024 à 02:51, Lawrence D'Oliveiro a écrit :   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 00:14:06 +0100, pehache wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "type-bound procedure" really tells what it is, much more than   
   >>> "method".   
   >>   
   >> It’s a mouthful though, isn’t it. Unlike the concise, and common, term   
   >> used by every other OO language out there.   
   >   
   > Fortran is by far not an OO language, it just incorporates *some* OO   
   > features on the top of a procedural language. C++ isn't either, by the   
   > way.   
      
   “Procedural” and “object-oriented” are orthogonal concepts: nearly all   
   “object-oriented” languages are also “procedural”.   
      
   Languages that introduce new ground-breaking paradigms can justify making   
   up new terms for them (like “continuation” in Scheme). If you’re just   
   borrowing concepts from other languages, making up your own terms just   
   makes it look like you are trying to obscure the fact that you’re   
   borrowing.   
      
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