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Avoiding if-else Hell: The Functional Style (lackofimagination.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Aijan@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is really terrible advice. Sometimes it's better to do that, but definitely not in the example from this article.

If anyone says you should always prefer polymorphism to switches they are a bloody idiot.

[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I always love watching people falling for Clown-Bob's advises...

Let's go, let's eat shit on toasts! It's just a matter of how thin you can spread it to hide the taste...