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

[Bob Ballance]

FWIW: I’ve been programming and teaching in R for quite a while, and have recently started working in Elixir (based on the Erlang virtual machine and process model) for web application development. The two languages have application spaces that are quite distinct.

. . . Bob

> On Aug 11, 2017, at 10:19 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 <https://me/>​​dium.com/@kentcdodds/classes-complexity-and-functional-programming-a8dd86903747 <http://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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