Object-Oriented Programming: A Disaster Story
After reading enough of these articles, one comes to a disturbing conclusion: a lot of software engineering practices and a lot of &quot;common sense&quot; knowledge are based on anecdotes, blog posts, famous engineers&#x27; declarations or arguments on the internet.<p>It shouldn&#x27;t be very difficult to prove that a particular programming paradigm is better along some axis than another. 
I think it&#x27;s great that Brian is happy and more productive, but that has no meaning to me if I want to make an informed decision about FP.