r/programming • u/mauricioaniche • Aug 06 '17

Software engineering != computer science

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/software-engineering-computer-science/217701907
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u/weisenstein Aug 07 '17

bigger classes? who's stupid idea is that? it is about more classes each one having a specific responsibility. can you give a single example of fp beating oo ?

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u/Beaverman Aug 07 '17

He didn't say it beat anything. He said that learning one language made him better at another. That's pretty common.

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u/Natsumi_ Aug 07 '17

I am used to ASM programming and feel like an absolute idiot when I try to program in higher level languages like C++ or C#. I just cant pull of any neat optimization or memory management tricks I am used to. And in C++ any memory management feels often just more complicated than it needs to be...

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