On the one hand, I hear what you are saying, but on the other hand, I share the original poster’s frustration with what seems to be a culture that wants to force Simula 67 / C++ / Java as the last word on how everything MUST be done.
He’s venting, not evangelizing.
And his solution is a lot shorter and easier to follow than the drawn out OOP style version, even if I would have put the 2 functions in the returned object literal on their own lines.
> a culture that wants to force Simula 67 / C++ / Java as the last word on how everything MUST be done.
I mean OOP is very popular so maybe that's where you are getting that impression from? That said, you really could make the same argument for functional programming on HN. I see a _lot_ of commentary much like the parent comment that touts functional as the obviously better way to do things. It always kind of rubs me wrong. If you don't like OOP don't use it and vice versa. Personally I prefer functional programming and use it when I can but I don't think twice about switching it up to OOP if that's whats needed. Just think that it's important to bring all tools available to bear (<= spelling??) when you are attacking a problem. This job is hard enough without succumbing to dogmatic turf wars you know?
He’s venting, not evangelizing.
And his solution is a lot shorter and easier to follow than the drawn out OOP style version, even if I would have put the 2 functions in the returned object literal on their own lines.