On Monday 18 April 2011, Tim Johnson elucidated thus:
> * Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> [110417
23:39]:
> > On 04/17/2011 07:18 PM, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> > > On Friday 15 April 2011, Christopher Howard elucidated thus:
> > >> Anyway, I'll try to lay off blabbing about Xmonad for a while.
> > >> Right now I'm going through a Haskell tutorial... don't know if
> > >> I'll end up being a Haskell programmer, but the little I've
> > >> learned so far has been quite interesting. I'm hoping that some
> > >> of the ideas from this "functional" programming paradigm will
> > >> help me overcome some of the challenges I face whenever I try to
> > >> start a large programming project. Seems like I often get mired
> > >> down in dealing with all the complexity in the interaction
> > >> between the objects in the program as well as the order of how
> > >> issues should be resolved.
> > >
> > > Here's my take on OO/functional/procdural from few years back.
> > > My views haven't changed much, if any.
> > >
> > > http://jjncj.com/blog/archives/127-Objects-have-failed...maybe...
> > >kind-of.html
>
> And I quote from that:
> """
> Objects have "failed" in that they've tried to be the be-all,
> end-all solution to all problems, while not being powerful enough
> to be the be-all, end-al
> """
> You don't need the be-all, end-all to deliver the product. The
> results are what count. I use objects in python only when
> I deem them necessary.
Exactly. Objects are great tools, and they make some things easier.
It's when someone wants to use Objects in a way that reminds you
of "When all you have is a hammer..." that you start to get into
trouble. Java, for example? EVERYTHING must be an object, even in
places when you don't really need an object, like your main program
invocation. Disclaimer: not trying to start a flame war, I don't even
use Java. That's just one of the things about Java that struck me as
odd.
j
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