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Typeclasses: barely workable–if the implementor knows how to save the caller from paying the 'import tax'

Extension methods: too much potential for confusion

Magnet pattern: no idea what that is

Personally I feel OCaml strikes the best balance :-) But we may be arguing about an inch here rather than a mile.



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