Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderOO vs. FP is just a matter of whether you focus the nouns or the verbs. The counterargument to the OP is that surely a function that manipulates "data" is less powerful and abstract than one that manipulates objects. For example, take an "interface" or abstract data type like Array, consisting of a length() and a get(i) method. (This is really called List in Java and Seq in Scala.) There may even be an associated type, A, such that all…
This is kinda funny. I wrote a "rebuttal" article back in 2009: http://goran.krampe.se/2009/06/26/joe-is-wrong/ ...and then I met Joe not long after and we also discussed this in fact. He then told me that he felt my article was fair (!) and that he had *changed his opinion on OO since writing that article*. IIRC his exact words were something along the lines of "I did not understand OO when I wrote that article". Now... he also argued Erlang is in…
The idea behind "data structures and functions bound together" is data encapsulation. The purpose loose coupling, clean interfaces, and modularity.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 465
- Total comments
- 535
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-15 | Joe Armstrong: Why OO SucksFirst breakout · Best thread | it | 254 | 256 |
| 2021-03-25 | Why OO Sucks by Joe Armstrong (2000)Latest 20+ point return | crazypython | 209 | 278 |
| 2022-06-29 | Why OO sucks (Joe Armstrong, 2000) | Akronymus | 2 | 1 |