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by bitL 1361 days ago
I took some classes from him while he was at ETH.
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Ok, post modified, but still I don't feel you've represented him entirely fairly.
It could have been interpreted badly - I was just pointing out he was from the generation that pushed OOP everywhere similarly to FP folks these days, and downplaying the problems inherent in Eiffel/OOP, similarly to FP folks that see no major issues in their own space. A single sentence can't explain the massive contribution he had on programming and Agile anyway.
I misinterpreted it because there's a rash of people who post throwaway dismissive stuff (always without any justification) and yours looked exactly like that. So, my apologies. I'd suggest a mention of your personal experience would have been valuable here; actually getting lessons off the guy is a big deal.
Ahh... in a sense, that's like Hype-Driven Development, where everything new becomes the solution for everything... https://blog.daftcode.pl/hype-driven-development-3469fc2e9b2...