[FRIAM] Classes, Complexity, and Functional Programming – Kent C. Dodds – Medium

[Russ Abbott]

Can't resist. I've been in love with functional programming for years. I
teach an introductory Haskell class. My goal is to get students to think at
a higher level that functional programming facilitates.

P.S. The link in Owen's message wasn't created properly. Here's a
correction:
https://medium.com/@kentcdodds/classes-complexity-and-functional-programming-a8dd86903747


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:19 AM Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

> ​I know, I know, functional programming is as fun as hitting your head
> with a brick.
>
> But this article does a nice job of showing how functional programming is
> very Self-like:
>   ​​
> https://me
> ​​
>
> dium.com/@kentcdodds/classes-complexity-and-functional-programming-a8dd86903747
>
> ​It's objects and functions all the way down, and for me the best is no
> `this`.
>
> It is a bit scary letting go of "central control" Classes provide, very
> human. I mean, who's *boss*?
>
> Do any of us *use* functional programming?
>
>    -- Owen​
>
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Russ Abbott
Professor, Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles
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