Comment by cuddlecake
7 years ago
> Human brains are object oriented, so OOP is very easy to grasp.
Can I cite you on this? Because I have only ever seen this explained in Programming 101, where Java is the language they teach.
I wonder where this sentiment comes from. I imagine it came from marketing.
Yeah I've gotta be honest the first few times I was taught OOP I couldn't quite grasp the purpose. I like it now for encapsulation of state, but generally I find it much easier to deal with records + pure functions as building blocks.
> Can I cite you on this?
No, you can't. Because like the other commenter noted: "This is utter rubbish." It only looks easy to understand on the surface, but quickly becomes a mess. "spaghetti code" and "lasagna code" are the terms invented in OOP realm. Being said that - some advanced FP concepts can be pretty daunting to grasp as well.
Saying that human brains are OOP or FP oriented is equivalent to saying that human brains wired to recognize patterns in music but not color, or something like that.