Functional Classes in Clojure
Classes in functional programming are named abstractions with cohesive functions operating on internal data structures, no class keyword needed.
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Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin)
Author of 'Clean Code' and 'Clean Architecture'. Software craftsmanship advocate and Agile Manifesto co-author.
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Functional Classes
Functional programs should be subdivided into classes (cohesive functions operating on data) just like OO programs—the paradigms are compatible.
Space War
Author spent last month recreating Space War, a game he first coded in 1978, now as a modern 30fps GUI version.
Functional Duplications
TDD-developed game crashed when two bases spawned at the same location, causing a transport to have an invalid angle between them.
Roots
Author's father drove him to DEC office as a teen to play with PDP-8 computers, which led to a career working with similar systems.