Quote #578
I think part of the reason people in big companies like object-oriented
programming is because it yields a lot of what looks like work. Something
that might naturally be represented as, say, a list of integers, can now be
represented as a class with all kinds of scaffolding and hustle and bustle.
-- Paul Graham, "Five Questions about Language Design"
I think part of the reason people in big companies like object-oriented
programming is because it yields a lot of what looks like work. Something
that might naturally be represented as, say, a list of integers, can now be
represented as a class with all kinds of scaffolding and hustle and bustle.
-- Paul Graham, "Five Questions about Language Design"
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