<div>On 5/15/07, Gene Sullivan <<a href="mailto:gene_sullivan@yahoo.com">gene_sullivan@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > Why one RATHER than the other? > As one CAN do BOTH Functional programming and OOP via Scheme one can mix and match. > There are several OOP packages to pick from out of SLIB, for instance. > If one is comfortable using OOP with imperative flow then one can do this. > However one can use OOP methods via functional programming methods, as well.</blockquote><div> Thanks Gene - yes I agree that one can use both - we are on the same page here.  However, I am probably not clear in my message that I am interested in thinking in FP for large scale apps, i.e. how I can use FP for design/modeling, so I can better conceive a large application structured in functional style.  Cuz right now, I can't see how the FP organization is easier than OOP, and I am interested to see if others have explored the path to construct large scale functional program before and hopefully I can pick up a thing or two from other's experiences and wisdoms ;) </div>Thank for the links - appreciated. yinso <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> Here is a top-down view of SLIB >  <a href="http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/slib_toc.html">http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/slib_toc.html</a> > Here is a link to YASOS ... `Yet Another Scheme Object System' >   <a href="http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/slib_3.html#SEC44"> http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/slib_3.html#SEC44</a> > Perhaps it might be easier for you to first discover how to use OOP with Scheme, then work in less > imperative features and more functional programming features over time? > No further comments from me below. > All the best, >   Gene Sullivan </blockquote></div>