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0 pointsquietbritishjim11mo ago0 comments

Are people really making classes with a single static method and nothing else? It just feels like filler material.

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Sohcahtoa8211mo ago· 3 in thread

Yes. They probably learned Java first.

callc11mo ago

+1. I learned Java first, in school and on my own. I needed to unlearn the OOP-first mindset.

AstroBen11mo ago

This has nothing to do with OOP. A class with a single static method isn't OOP

You can use the 'class' keyword and write your program functionally, or procedurally

Jtsummers11mo ago

So you actually thought you needed, in Python, classes with static methods instead of just plain old modules? What was your first Python "hello world" like?

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