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I have a question : Is Java 100% object oriented?

I went through many references and links on the web and found some answers for Java not being fully Object Oriented:

1. Java supports primitive datatypes like int,char etc.
2. Java allows static support.

Can you add some other reasons if any and also correct if above reasons are not correct ?

Thanks in advance.



 
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Please search JavaRanch because that same question comes up about once a month, and see what people have already said.
 
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(I'm not sure that having static methods/variables isn't OO, either; I'd have to be convinced of that. Other more OO-ish languages also have class-level methods and data.)
 
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Very Simply - what exactly do you mean by 100% Object Oriented?

Answering that will answer your question. (ie: 100% Object Oriented has no defined meaning - ie: it is meaningless)

By the way - what happens if Java is only 96.3% Object Oriented?
 
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Steve Fahlbusch wrote:By the way - what happens if Java is only 96.3% Object Oriented?


It would have improved dramatically.
 
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Steve Fahlbusch wrote:Very Simply - what exactly do you mean by 100% Object Oriented?

Answering that will answer your question. (ie: 100% Object Oriented has no defined meaning - ie: it is meaningless)

By the way - what happens if Java is only 96.3% Object Oriented?



Your reply is very funny.. I laughed for more than 2 min by seeing your reply..for Sumukh Deshpande this question might have arose because people say "Java is the purely OO language"..
well Sumukh, we will conclude whether pure means 100% after this discussion..
 
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