Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016)

Re:Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016) by rpeden on Sunday March 19, 2017 @07:33AM (#13906490)

I agree to a certain extent. There are times when I've seen great beauty in something as mundane as pre-generics Java, when someone put together a well factored set of loosely couple objects to accomplish a task.

Other times, though, being forced to work with obtuse tools feels like trying to construct a skyscraper out of sticks and dog crap. No matter how elegant a structure you manage to construct, doing so is a miserable experience because you're never able to transcend the feeling that you're working with twigs and poo.

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Re:Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016) by jwdunne on Sunday March 19, 2017 @08:27AM (#13906688)

I understand the analogy but I think many ancient cultures did great things with twigs and poo. In fact, there are many wattle and daub structures still standing - there's one around the corner that's protected by law.

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Re:Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016) by literallycancer on Sunday March 19, 2017 @09:06AM (#13906822)

Yep: http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/yemen-theres-city-full-50...

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Re:Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016) by hamming on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:15PM (#13909682)

this is a shitty analogy

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