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0 pointsFpUser2y ago0 comments

>"It seems like there's a lot of people in the Java community who still think OO is a great idea."

Java is not the only language in existence and the OO is a great idea as well as many other paradigms when not being overused. Problem is with the programmers who learn one language / paradigm and would fight tooth and nails to solve all world problems with it no matter how poor for particular case.

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akavi2y ago

Objects are a useful idea. Object Orientation is a terrible, terrible idea.

Functions + data (immutable when practical) is all you need for 90%+ of programming, and you should only reach for objects when necessary to manage some well-encapsulated but tricky state. Your default orientation should certainly not be towards objects.

FpUserOP2y ago

>"Your default orientation should certainly not be towards objects."

My default orientation should be what my experience tells me is the best for particular case.

josephg2y ago

You should trust your judgement. But good judgement comes from experience. Anyone who only has experience programming in one language, or one style, will have rubbish judgement.

Go learn Haskell, OCaml or Rust. Write some C for embedded platforms. Make a video game using your own hand spun ECS in C++. If, after all that, you come back and say "yeah lets use a class here", then I'll trust your judgement.

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