alt Hacker NewsiLemming, your reply is [dead] and I don't know why. Responding to parts of it:
> Peter Norvig made this argument explicitly in 1998, showing 16 of 23 patterns are "invisible or simpler" in Lisp
The GoF book even mentions this so Norvig's presentation is a useful read, but even the authors of the book knew it was true. It's not like he added a new idea with that bit you quoted, the useful parts of the presentation were which patterns became invisible or simpler and why.
> Let's try not to nitpick on literal wording to avoid engaging with the substance, could we?
I responded to a common, but false, claim. Don't make false claims and I won't call you out for it.
You can replace Java there with pretty much any OOP language, where functions are not first-class citizens, and it will still be true. There are no "false claims" here. The main point is valid. We have orchestrated an entire industry around "objects", while much simpler abstractions have already existed. You probably just have not experienced the "true" nature of Lisp, where you can interactively change any behavior of the running program, directly from your editor, without linking, linting, compiling, restarting or even saving the code you type. The process is an enormously joyful experience, it feels like playing a video game. You probably have little idea of what we've lost and what we've gained from the industry heavily tilting towards OOP.