Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >Object-oriented features were added to Perl with version 5, and in many
> >ways still appear somewhat "tacked on", with perhaps undue respect
> >for the Old Ways of Perl 4.
>
> [NB: This is not a serious missive.]
>
> Hey, that Perl uses packages for classes, subroutines for methods, and
> references for objects is in fact a shining examplar of that holy
> grail of OO -- "code reuse". :-)
>
> --tom
>
> PS: The standard retort to the "tacked on" noise on Perl's objects
> runs along the lines of `Python/Java's regex system wasn't integrated
> into the language -- it's just "tacked on" to the side.' :-)
And the regex system was hung on the side of those languages in a
*far* less gorgeous way that the OO bag on the side of Perl...
--
Piers
