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		vendiddy 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ideas from "A Philosophy of Software Design" I too write FP code but I found this book very valuable in how he treats complexity and his concept of "deep modules". I acknowledge that he does not cover purity and mutations as a source of complexity (and they are big sources of complexity) but I don't think that merits dismissing the entire book on those grounds.

ninetyninenine 11 months ago [–]

I’m not dismissing the entire book. It has merit in what it mentions but it’s missing core foundational concepts.

Because it misses these concepts the book isn’t good in my opinion.

WillAdams 11 months ago | [–]

In what ways could these concepts be discussed in the structure of the book in terms of currently prevalent programming practices?

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