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Re:The saddest “Just Ship It” story by nindalf on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:25AM (#23778671)
Off topic, but the best explanation I've seen of the trade-off between OOP and functional approaches is in the book Crafting Interpreters where they explain the Expression Problem - https://craftinginterpreters.com/representing-code.html#the-...
Re:The saddest “Just Ship It” story by LeonB on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:15AM (#23778927)
That is off-topic, but it is an interesting explanation. It’s a useful example for thinking about a lot of design situations where two different approaches both seem equally feasible yet are very different and incompatible.
Re:The saddest “Just Ship It” story by noir_lord on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:40AM (#23779091)
God that is a phenomenal explanation, it's beautifully put together.