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Uncle Bob anyone? http://blog.cleancoder.com/ http://blog.cleancoder.com/

by Ace17 11y ago

kragen 10y ago
Nope, Uncle Bob is a know-nothing blowhard with a grossly inflated opinion of his own competence and an attitude problem to match. Sometimes he says things that are true, and sometimes he says things that are just false enough to be badly misleading, and you can't tell the difference unless you already know it. He consistently substitutes dogma for evidence and insight. Not recommended.
- Ace17 10y ago
  Interesting. Could you please give an example of one thing he said that was "just false enough to be badly misleading" ? (Not trying to prove you wrong here, just being curious)
  - kragen 10y ago
    Here's a list of errors I found in an article of his about a year ago: https://lobste.rs/c/grmdxi https://lobste.rs/c/grmdxi
    - Ace17 10y ago
      Thanks, but the comment you linked to is just a list of disagreements without explanations (whose author even admits it later by stating that "simple ridicule is both easier to write and more entertaining to read" (!)). I was hoping for something more tangible. Searching wikipedia doesn't support the author's claims about FP ( things like "FP is about higher-order abstraction facilities, not immutability").
      - kragen 10y ago
        Yeah, I didn't bother to explain in depth how things really are, because that would have required an order of magnitude more effort than just listing Bob's absurd nonsense claims, which is adequate for my audience. I'm sorry that Wikipedia isn't sufficiently clear and correct to replace knowing what you're talking about, and I'd fix that if I knew how, but I don't. Teaching difficult ways of thinking, in person, to people who trust and respect you, is already hard enough. Trying to teach them to random people on the internet who think you're quite possibly full of shit and may not even bother reading to the end of what you write, that's an exercise in futility. Forgive me if I don't accept the implied invitation.

Uncle Bob anyone? http://blog.cleancoder.com/ http://blog.cleancoder.com/

by Ace17 11y ago

Uncle Bob anyone? http://blog.cleancoder.com/ http://blog.cleancoder.com/

Nope, Uncle Bob is a know-nothing blowhard with a grossly inflated opinion of his own competence and an attitude problem to match. Sometimes he says things that are true, and sometimes he says things that are just false enough to be badly misleading, and you can't tell the difference unless you already know it. He consistently substitutes dogma for evidence and insight. Not recommended.

Ace17 10y ago
Interesting. Could you please give an example of one thing he said that was "just false enough to be badly misleading" ? (Not trying to prove you wrong here, just being curious)
- kragen 10y ago
  Here's a list of errors I found in an article of his about a year ago: https://lobste.rs/c/grmdxi https://lobste.rs/c/grmdxi
  - Ace17 10y ago
    Thanks, but the comment you linked to is just a list of disagreements without explanations (whose author even admits it later by stating that "simple ridicule is both easier to write and more entertaining to read" (!)). I was hoping for something more tangible. Searching wikipedia doesn't support the author's claims about FP ( things like "FP is about higher-order abstraction facilities, not immutability").
    - kragen 10y ago
      Yeah, I didn't bother to explain in depth how things really are, because that would have required an order of magnitude more effort than just listing Bob's absurd nonsense claims, which is adequate for my audience. I'm sorry that Wikipedia isn't sufficiently clear and correct to replace knowing what you're talking about, and I'd fix that if I knew how, but I don't. Teaching difficult ways of thinking, in person, to people who trust and respect you, is already hard enough. Trying to teach them to random people on the internet who think you're quite possibly full of shit and may not even bother reading to the end of what you write, that's an exercise in futility. Forgive me if I don't accept the implied invitation.