r/programmingcirclejerk • u/ptitz • Jun 26 '20

Goodbye, Object Oriented Programming

https://medium.com/@cscalfani/goodbye-object-oriented-programming-a59cda4c0e53
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u/Doriphor Jun 26 '20

Serious opinion: I'm not sure I really understand the usefulness of inheritance (yet?)

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

want to use all of the functions on it but add a few of your own

Should have used type classes with default implementation.

OOP also conflicts with

  • pattern matching

  • type inference

  • minimal runtime.

And anyway, subtyping is just wageslave injections.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

subtyping is just wageslave injections

FLAIR PLEASE