ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 6 months agoFunctional bros be likelemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down117
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minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoI think using both is normal. Closures and objects are duals of each other. Do whatever is understandable and maintainable, neither paradigm is magic.
minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoIs the duality statement meant to be true in a technical sense?
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoYeah! For example, if the language allows closures to capture state, they can act like properties on an instance.
minus-squarejendriklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoA closure is a function with captured state. An object is state with methods.
I think using both is normal. Closures and objects are duals of each other. Do whatever is understandable and maintainable, neither paradigm is magic.
that’s a nice way to look at it. thanks!
Is the duality statement meant to be true in a technical sense?
Yeah! For example, if the language allows closures to capture state, they can act like properties on an instance.
I don’t see the duality
A closure is a function with captured state. An object is state with methods.