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From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth)
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Subject: Re: Functional vs. Object-Oriented
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Date: Thu, 3-Jul-86 11:54:37 EDT
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Object oriented programming and functional programming are not really
competetive points of view.  Object oriented programming is the most current
extension to the way we program now, an advancement on the same old
imperative programming style.  Of note, with object oriented languages, 
side effects are encapsulated in objects with protected scopes.  Object
oriented languages reduce the problems associated with global variables and
global scope, but are otherwise conventional.

Functional languages represent a new way of looking at problems.  Functional
languages have a much more abstract model of computation and computers.
They make you think about computation in a different way.  I cannot comment
on whether or not it is a better way...