The type/object distinction and possible synthesis of OOP and imperative programming languages

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:37:17 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:

> For the record, JavaScript is what they call a "prototype-based
> language."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype-based_programming.
> You can emulate an OOP system with a prototype-based language.

Prototype languages *are* OOP. Note that it is called OBJECT oriented 
programming, not class oriented, and prototype-based languages are based 
on objects just as much as class-based languages. They are merely two 
distinct models for OOP.




-- 
Steven