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		Pxtl on Oct 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What’s New In Python 3.4 Wait, so it's language-supported external polymorphism? That's...odd, since external polymorphism is considered an anti-pattern by OOP pl purists.

omaranto on Oct 21, 2013 | [–]

Why is that odd? I don't think the Python community is mostly OOP purists.

seanmcdirmid on Oct 21, 2013 | [–]

Which OOP PL purists specifically think language-supported external polymorphism is an anti-pattern? Do you have any citations?

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