Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

hello!

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I want to recreate this video, but from the perspective of a functional programmer, rather than the perspective of someone who thinks along the lines of "functional programming is probably the future, but not for use right now because of performance problems or something"

as @falkreon pointed out, there are some issues with this video. But I do love how it clearly states the practical problems with OO without getting deeper into programming language theory.

"When I look at your OO codebase, what I'm going to encounter is either this over-engineered giant tower of abstractions, or I'm going to be looking at this inconsistently architected pile of objects that are probably all tangled together like christmas lights"

I'm thinking of stealing the whole "the surface is poisonous and you need a gasmask to go out there" thing from Metro 2033, and making a half life 2 mod based around that.

(paraphrased so it would fit in a single toot)

original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM1iUe6IofM

"This lead us to patterns, and then the SOLID principles, and test-driven development and agile, all this stuff which has subsequently been piled on by people who insist that this is now the One True Way to do OOP.

But to me, all these represent bandaids – they are compensation for the fact that the original vision of OOP has never panned out, and every few years there's a new ideology in town about how we do OOP for reals this time"

cleen lizard~

OH MY GOSH THUMPER'S FINAL BOSS IS INCREDIBLE

closing mastodon to wind down for bed

goodnight, all you lovelies