# Why there is no OOP (object oriented programming) in Julia?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-there-is-no-oop-object-oriented-programming-in-julia/86723 "2022-09-03T10:30:21Z")\
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So far, no-one here has suggested using “closures” which I personally find ideal for having specific data be associated with a specific function. A search for Julia and closures should give you a lot of references, one of them is [Julia Language Tutorial =\> Introduction to Closures](https://riptutorial.com/julia-lang/example/23207/introduction-to-closures) . It is a functional programming technique and if I understand you correctly, then this can provide what you are asking for.

I use this technique a lot in places where I would have encapsulated things in an object in an OO language.

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