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Handmade Hero | Getting rid of the OOP mindset

vexe · 167.5K views · 2017-07-09 · 7:44

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Overview

A short clip of Casey Muratori from Handmade Hero explaining why he rejects the object-oriented mindset and how to move away from it. It is part rant, part programming philosophy.

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HN shares it as a concise critique of OOP from a respected systems programmer.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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kkoncevicius · 2021-10 · Recommendation

Not so much talk as a rant. "Getting rid of the OOP mindset" ( [VIDEO] ) And accompanying article "Semantic Compression" : [LINK]

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Reedx · 2018-10 · Recommendation

Here's an explanation from Casey Muratori: [VIDEO] See also Mike Acton (Engine Director @ Insomniac Games): [LINK]

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Reedx · 2018-10 · Recommendation

Some other takes: Casey Muratori (Handmade Hero) on why OOP is bad and how to get rid of that mindset - [VIDEO] Mike Acton (Engine Director @ Insomniac Games) - [LINK]

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