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The problem with this article is that the examples suggested never happen. Once in a while with dynamic languages you come across a "librarian" who likes to us
by menloparkbum 18y ago
The problem with this article is that the examples suggested never happen.
Once in a while with dynamic languages you come across a "librarian" who likes to use the arcane language features. Perhaps more often, if you use Java, you will encounter code where a lot of AbstractWhatTheFracktory design pattern abuse is going on. However you will never, ever find the "ascetic" who rewrites the zipcode-padder using lambdas.
Sadly, most of the time you just see the typical egregious dailyWTF mess.
- raganwald 18y agoOf course you never see people use the y combinator to write a string padding algorithm. But do you ever see people overuse metaprogramming or abuse open classes? The story was not meant to be taken literally.
- menloparkbum 18y agoNot very often.