# How related are NakedObjects by Pawlson and Concept Oriented Design **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 6, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.essenceofsoftware.com/t/how-related-are-nakedobjects-by-pawlson-and-concept-oriented-design/177 "2023-10-06T17:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![alejandro.garcia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.essenceofsoftware.com/alejandro.garcia/32/91_2.png) [@alejandro.garcia](https://forum.essenceofsoftware.com/u/alejandro.garcia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.essenceofsoftware.com/t/how-related-are-nakedobjects-by-pawlson-and-concept-oriented-design/177/9 "2023-10-08T17:33:46Z")
After reading @RichardPawson 's article from: “NakedObjects to NakedFunctions” I was even more confused, because NakedFunctions also looked a lot, to me, like Concepts. How could it be both?? Then it hit me: > Concepts, aren´t nouns like objects. > nor are they verbs, like functions. > they are gerunds! > (A verb that acts like a noun). Or saying it another way: > If OOP is noun-verb: > `post.upvote()` > and functional is verb-noun: > `upvote(post)` > then Concept Oriented Programming is _composing gerunds_ > `upvoting a posting` or > ` posting *with* upvoting` In english the `-ing` form has the advantage that we can think of it a as noun in the `static view`. (i.e. upvoting, tagging). But as `present participle` in the dynamic view. (tagging a post) or (tagging a posting) That’s why for me both NakedObjects and NakedFunctions… seemed very close, but not quite, what Concepts are. So, @RichardPawson is correct. We would need to develop a NakedConcepts framework. to reach the appropriate level of composability and representability of Concept Oriented Programming. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.essenceofsoftware.com/t/how-related-are-nakedobjects-by-pawlson-and-concept-oriented-design/177)._