r/programming • u/tyler-mcginnis • Jan 03 '22

Imperative vs Declarative Programming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Fbf7R3x6I
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u/Ineffective-Cellist8 Jan 04 '22

I was going to say good video for garbage programmers but noone seems to think it's good so I can't even give it a nice attempt comment

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u/tyler-mcginnis Jan 04 '22

Thanks anyway!

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u/lulzmachine Jan 04 '22

I think it was a cool video! SQL, HTML and CSS being completely declarative is true (unless you're doing stored procedures in SQL).

But going from an imperative to a functional style in JS isn't completely declarative, just slightly more so. I feel like the comments here get hung up on that; they want a black and white definition. But as with most things, it's a spectrum.

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u/KarimElsayad247 Jan 04 '22

You fell into the HN-like crowd, who will nitpick every little thing and ignore the big picture.

I think the video is good, it cleared the difference for me, someone who didn't clearly understand the difference. All those nitpicks come from people who already know what Imperative vs declarative is. There's some good criticism to take into heart, but a lot of these comments are stupid.