From: Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso@...>
Date: 2002-12-12T08:35:23+09:00
Subject: Re: functional programming "style"

jcb@iteris.com (MetalOne) writes:

> Actually, Ruby is an Object-Oriented Language.
> Examples of functional languages are LISP and HASKELL.

This seems to be a common misperception. Imperative, functional and
object-oriented (OO) are merely axes on the language classification
system (among them OO is the most ambigious term).

All languages have some degree of existence on each axis. It is
incorrect that since Ruby is an OO, it is devoid of imperative and
functional aspects.

YS.