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Re:Case against OOP is understated, not overstated (2020) by jcelerier on Friday February 11, 2022 @02:42AM (#30298286)
I'm sorry but this is absolutely ridiculous. I sometimes teach programming to uni students, we make toy software like paint programs with a GUI in Java, networked game in C, that kind of thing.

I always have a good proportion of the class coming up with many patterns entirely on their own without any prior exposure, and I love their looks when I show them that the nebulous concept they came up with actually has a name and is well defined (and the best solution to the problems they encounter given the tools they have).

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Re:Case against OOP is understated, not overstated (2020) by activitypea on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:22AM (#30301789)
If a good proportion of an undergrad class is intuitively coming up with solutions that have some commonality, is that commonality really valuable? Observing it is neat, I just take issue with people treating design patterns as a northstar for quality software development
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