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by implicit 2232 days ago
The problem is the way the author instantly jumps from "98% pure functional programming doesn't work" to "you should use OOP."

In order to bridge the gap, you have to make some pretty terrible assumptions:

If your code is not OO, it must be FP.

If your code is FP, it must be pure. Therefore,

If your code cannot be pure, it must be OO.