Funny how this subject has progressed. I recall writing perl code and being pretty happy with the results until I heard that "functional" programming was crap.

Funny how this subject has progressed. I recall writing perl code and being pretty happy with the results until I heard that "functional" programming was crap. Soon after Perl added a "OOPs" layer that coders either rejoiced over or complained about and I couldn't help but think "Do I really need to write code this way?" After a couple decades of coding I've come to the conclusion that "easy" is almost always better. There isn't much code I wrote 20 years ago that anyone is using today but where it is in use it runs without needing to be updated or maintained. Most of my apps are now mostly written in Javascript, and I write them very much the same as I did in Perl. I use a mix of both "functional" and "object oriented" methods and don't worry about what others think of it. Of course, I'm not doing "AI" or anything close to that. I make apps for business management and they care a whole lot more about the UI, reliability, and security, than what the code looks like. The only thing I ever get when showing them code is a glassy eyed look of despair and worry that I won't stop.