[FWP] OOPs not based on Structs.

[John Carter <john@netsys.co.za>]

One of those perl vs the rest debates came up on another list when it
struck me what an interesting twist Perl OOPS has. 

In most languages, Pascal derivatives, C++, smalltalk etc. At the heart of
an object is the basic non-atomic data type, a struct. In perl an object
can be a blessed reference to any of its data types. Scalar, Hash, Array
or code fragment.

Question. What curious perl Arcana can we dredge up along the line of...
"You can do ... in Perl because Perl Objects are not structs."

ie. How bizarre, creative and twisted can you be courtesy of this fact?

The archetypical example being the perltoot's "Closures as Objects"
example. Alas, as perltoot is, umm, meant to be instructive I fear his
creativity was constrained.

John Carter

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