In case you think this looks familiar, it might. I submitted it some time ago, and it was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23050231 https:

In case you think this looks familiar, it might. I submitted it some time ago, and it was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23050231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23050231 Comments are closed there now, of course, and prompted by a recent submission[0] about state machines I thought I'd give it another airing. Reading the comments on these two submissions it's clear that people's opinions and experience are strongly, strongly divided about FSMs. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25601821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25601821