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I don't care if we're coding in procedures in the future, so long as the results are no longer stored in plain text files. The transparency is fine, but tools h

• ericHosick 13y ago
  > I don't care if we're coding in procedures in the future In my opinion, the procedure/sub-routine/method/function, and specifically these things with parameters, as an abstract concept is the reason why software engineering isn't maturing. Procedures are difficult to use. You have to prepare to call them by obtaining all the information they require to be used (what you push into them via parameters), do something with the results and deal with any un-intended outcomes of using the procedure. Procedures lead to specialization. In the world today, there are probably millions of procedures with unique signatures. Each time we create a new signature, we complicate the process by which our software framework(s) communicate. Specialization, in this case, is not good. It's makes using the frameworks more difficult. Also, the procedural signature of any given behavior will be different based on the programmer who writes it and, even more so, the framework for which it is written. There is no way to easily assure, across the industry or even within a small group, that the signature of any given behavior will be the same.