The example given as "data driven design" in this paper neither resembles modern data driven programming nor data oriented design. I don't quite understand why

The example given as "data driven design" in this paper neither resembles modern data driven programming nor data oriented design. I don't quite understand why the authors thought of this as a good example of "data driven design". I know that functions in a data driven program tend to be very generic so the conclusion you cite is very much a mismatch from my experience.