is python Object oriented??

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-01-30, Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Hung Vo <hungvn94 at gmail.com> wrote:
><snip>
>> I'm new to Python and also wondering about OOP in Python.
>>
>> I want to justify the above question (is Python Object-Oriented?).
>> Does Python follow the concepts/practices of Encapsulation,
>> Polymorphism and Interface, which are quite familiar to Java
>> programmers?
>
> If you're looking for a benchmark for object-orientedness, Smalltalk,
> not Java, is the canonical language to compare against.

As long as one doesn't then conflate message-passingness with
object-orientedness.  [Not that I'm implying Chris does, but
given the OP's comments one worries that he might.]

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