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I believe the GP is quoting[1] from Alexander Stepanov (author of the C++ STL). Saying "pick the right paradigm for the task" is of course the correct answer,
by mappu 14y ago
I believe the GP is quoting[1] from Alexander Stepanov (author of the C++ STL).
Saying "pick the right paradigm for the task" is of course the correct answer, but it's fun to argue sometimes, and OOP is definitely overhyped in certain markets (for instance, university CS)
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[1] http://www.stlport.org/resources/StepanovUSA.html http://www.stlport.org/resources/StepanovUSA.html
- evincarofautumn 14y agoYes, I was (somewhat accidentally) paraphrasing Stepanov. It’s been a while since I read that. But actually, I think “pick the right paradigm for the task” needs the qualification of “…within your other constraints”. The most expressive language for a job might not work in your situation—whether for reasons of efficiency, of maintainability (i.e., finding maintenance programmers), or of interoperability with the rest of your stack.