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A Possible Future of Software Development

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Software architecture & designC, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages

What it is

Sean Parent of Adobe argues that object-oriented frameworks ultimately fail to deliver scalable, high quality software and proposes combining generic and declarative programming instead. It draws on Stepanov's Elements of Programming.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Frequently cited for the claim that Photoshop's codebase could shrink dramatically with generic programming.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “which introduced me to Stepanov's "Elements of Programming”

    Introduced Stepanov's Elements of Programming and better abstractions in C++.

    wwweston, 2013-09 · Recommendation · in “Edward C++Hands”

  2. “Watch this Sean Parent video”

    Sean Parent on how generics could shrink Photoshop's codebase.

    adamnemecek, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “App sizes are out of control”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: sean parent, generic programming, c++, adobe, software architecture

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