2011/3/22 Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> > Let me rephrase part of that exchange for a subject probably none of us is > emotional about: > > "Repeated case studies have shown time and time again that driving on the > left is safer" > > "The fact that there are millions of cars driving on the right is enough to > prove this claim completely wrong" > > Is the fallacy easier to see now? >
It's not exactly similar to the analogy I was making, but we can reuse yours to show the point: take all the people who drive on the right side, make them drive left. And the other way around. Then ask everyone how easy it was. You will find that 90% of people will find that driving on the right side is easier. Of course, it's silly because it's just because 90% of the population is driving on the right side, but that's also exactly the point: everybody learns to program imperatively these days, so I find the claim that it's "hard to reason about" ludicrous. I can assure you that a vast majority of developers today have no problem reasoning about imperative programming and they will most likely have a harder time reasoning about functional styles. That's just what I wanted to point out. -- 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.
