Grumpy old software architect and engineer. Usability and accessibility advocate. Makes software better. I made Publizjr, Ged2Dendro, and currently work on UmpireDB.
What’s common among other C++ programs in a similar ecosystem? Mimic that.
For instance, among OTP applications in Erlang, it is common for an application to publish a :start/0 and :stop/0 function, alongside :load/0 which neither stops nor starts, and sometimes :connect/1 and :disconnect/1 functions.
You know python is heavily used to create AI algorithms like ML and LLM, don’t you? Isn’t it sensible for engineers of language-specific tools to cater to a wildly fashionable industry that uses that same language? You do realize that AI efforts aren’t going to stop, don’t you?
Is that why AWS’ cli has parts written in and distributed with python? Your feelings in this matter, are irrelevant.
We are people regardless of medium.
Tell me again how python is easy to learn for beginner programmers.
Other languages that have similar behavior include Java and JavaScript, and yes you have to be careful with list / array operations in those languages as well, lest you operate on the wrong list inadvertently. Happened to me. It will happen to you.
I let mine find example code of how some feature should be used. And it’s really sad how often they make something up out of thin air, and how little regret they show for wasting my time.
That’s where I am, too. I let mine find example code of how some feature should be used. And it’s really sad how often they make something up out of thin air, and how little regret they show for wasting my time.
Convenience over freedom / privacy / security / equality / justice. We see this all over the place. Many people prefer comfort over challenge. That seems a survival instinct. And it works against us.
A clear indication of bad requirements.
So what’s your opinion on languages like haskell and erlang, that infer static types?
Once upon a time I worked with a CMS that allowed an admin to delete the CMS itself and also any web server that ran it. Poof: gone. Fun times.
Nope I spoke too soon. My bad.
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ELI5?
Author wrote a lot of words about data and state, but I’m not sure I understand the argument. Please explain like I’m 5?
I guess it’s possible I’ve been doing OOP wrong for the past 30 years, knowing someone like you has experienced code bases that uphold that promise.
The main lie about these principles is that they would lead to less maintenance work.
But go ahead and change your database model. Add a field. Then add support for it to your program’s code base. Let’s see how many parts you need to change of your well-architected enterprise-grade software solution.
In my experience, when applying functional programming to a language like java, one winds up creating more interfaces and their necessary boilerplate - not less.
Yes, but that’s a really bad situation from a security perspective. ideally you want two separate accounts: the admin who can do everything, and the daily driver whose activities cannot harm the system.
OK but it also imports half the world’s code base in NPM packages alone.
Wooooooooosh