now I remember why I stopped participating in this forum. On 8 January 2011 17:50, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2011/1/8 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> and a functional style just leads to more inherently testable code >> >> Do you seriously believe that? >> Actually, ignore my question because you're going to spin into an endless >> Scala rant yet again. >> Anyone who thinks that good quality code is a function of a programming >> language or a programming style and not of a good developer hasn't written >> enough code. >> > > Yes, I do sincerely believe that. Declarative programming tends towards a > style in which code performs a sequence of transformations. > So whereas, in an imperative style, you might see a snippet like this: > for(i <- intList) { > println("doubled entry: " + i*2) > } > A functional approach would be more like: > val doubledList = intList map { _ * 2 } > doubledList foreach { println("doubled entry: " + _) } > Used throughout a system, this approach leads to a lot more "seams"* in the > code, where it's easy to wrap unit tests, or to inspect/log intermediate > results. > > Ultimately code quality *is*, in part, a function of programming style. > Which is itself a function of being a good developer. > > (* I thank Michael Feathers for first introducing use of the word "seam" in > this context.) > >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > Kevin Wright > > gtalk / msn : [email protected] > mail: [email protected] > vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright > twitter: @thecoda > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >
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