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Comment · 7 months ago
I thought this was about the other type of "Girl Games"...
Comment · 11 months ago
Thats OOP, we don't do that anymore!!! /s
Comment · 11 months ago
> For example, I don't ever see anyone using `dynamic` or `object` in C#

I have bad news for you

Comment · 1 year ago
On my last Japan vacation I actually managed to gain weight
Comment · 2 years ago
> however someone made a validator that resolves the logic to a specific class at runtime. So you'd basically have validator.validate(Object someObject).

The pains of not having multiple dispatch.

Comment · 2 years ago
And yet we don't. Curious!
Comment · 2 years ago
> If I have a fruit which is an apple or a banana, I can't pass that to a method expecting an apple or banana. It can only be passed as a fruit.

You can by overriding the method on apple or banana. If your method is on some other object, then yes, you cannot do this unless your programming language supports multiple dispatch.

Comment · 2 years ago
It's both hilarious and sad to see a bunch of 30-40 year old open source devs with mentalities comparable to Reddit moderators collectively bullying a 20(?) year old slightly immature dude.
Comment · 2 years ago
Dynamic scope is still very useful for some things. But it's certainly way over-used in a lot of the old Emacs libraries for example.
Comment · 2 years ago
I could just as well argue that those families have better genetic material and that is why they are wealthy.
Comment · 2 years ago
Except without any of the good parts of historic feudalism.
Comment · 2 years ago
I work in a "Mittelstand" company and we are definitely operating mostly on chaos.

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