Re:Why is learning functional programming so damned hard? (2...
by heavyset_go on Sunday August 15, 2021 @07:06PM
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> However, it's not a silver bullet. I found that basic software engineering principles are way more important than the language. I've seen extremely messy OCaml code and super clean C code. What is important is how the code is organized at high level. Whether you use a for loop or a fold, an error monad or an exception mechanism matters less.
Agreed, developers are great at finding new ways to write questionable code no matter what languages or programming paradigms claim about their respective abilities to reduce code errors and smells. I know because I'm one of them.
Agreed, developers are great at finding new ways to write questionable code no matter what languages or programming paradigms claim about their respective abilities to reduce code errors and smells. I know because I'm one of them.