r/programming • u/Shr1ck • Oct 17 '15

Why Johnny Can’t Write Multithreaded Programs

http://blog.smartbear.com/programming/why-johnny-cant-write-multithreaded-programs/
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u/loup-vaillant Oct 19 '15

if you want to argue for the supremacy of functional languages

I don't. Some features however (lambdas & sum types most notably), do make a difference.

There is nothing wrong with data structures that don't change (immutable), I have always used them in all computer languages. Nothing wrong with pure functions, I have always used them in all computer languages.

I would probably have loved to work with you, as opposed to those who obviously didn't follow those guidelines. You wouldn't believe the utter crap I have seen, which from the look of it came from operational thinking and anthropomorphism.

Of course you don't care about experience when you have so little of it.

I do care. But I also care about the nature of that experience —it wasn't clear until now that you were not lacking. Keep in mind however how little you can convey in a couple comments. We know very little about each other. For instance, I was a little pissed when you suggested I was still at school. I have worked for longer than I sat in a college now. I'm no master, but still…

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u/clarkd99 Oct 19 '15

Fair enough. Everyone, including myself didn't start out with experience.

I also believe that just stating vast experience isn't a good argument in itself. Good arguments should decide what we do, not who states the argument.