Re: [racket] Class Philosophy and Fields

2012-06-12 Thread Matthias Felleisen
On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Hillary Ryan wrote: > Hello, > > Disclaimer: I am new to Racket, so please forgive the ignorance. > > Questions: > 1) As a functional language, when Racket implemented classes did it do so > with a different perspective or design philosophy than procedural langu

[racket] Class Philosophy and Fields

2012-06-12 Thread Hillary Ryan
Hello, Disclaimer: I am new to Racket, so please forgive the ignorance. Questions: 1) As a functional language, when Racket implemented classes did it do so with a different perspective or design philosophy than procedural languages that made a similar transition? In other words, what is the cor