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		imtringued on Jan 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OO in Python is mostly pointless OOP is about code organization. Type dependent namespaces (also known as classes) are pretty much the core of OOP.

throwaway894345 on Jan 28, 2021 [–]

So is it dot-method notation (`foo.Bar()`)? If so, does that make Go and Rust OOP as well? That's just syntax though; what about the C convention of `ClassName_method_name(ClassName obj)`? That's still namespace by the type even if the language* doesn't have a first-class notion of a type prefix.

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