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As a functional fan, CLOS is amazing.

When I learned CLOS it was the first time OOP started making sense for me.

I've never used CLOS but I loved the metaobject protocol book. So many learnings outside of OOP – it’s a masterclass in API design.

What’s the metaobject protocol book?

A computing literature classic.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Metaobject_Pr...

No idea how i missed that; thank you.

https://github.com/lisp-books/lisp-books/blob/main/Art%20of%...

My main takeaway was multi-methods, they didn't really click for me before I started seriously digging into CLOS. I wish more languages supported them/played around with similar ideas.

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