The context of the comment is functional programming vs. OO programming. Pure functions compose better than do state-containing objects, and 100! is much larger than 10!, so you have many more options for composition/reuse with 100 functions that operate on a single data abstraction.
On Sep 3, 2:50 am, vishy <vishalsod...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than > 10 functions on > 10 data structures. > -- Alan Perlis > > Why so? How is it advantageous? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
