Why you shouldn’t hide your data

In OOP, we wrap our data in an interface, which is called implementation-hiding or data-hiding. In functional programming, we don’t do that. We use our data in the nude. We pass the data around and allow the context to interpret the data as it seens fit. In this episode, we look at this significant difference between OOP and FP and how to do it.

Show Notes

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What is The Eric Normand Podcast?

An off-the-cuff stream of Functional Programming ideas, skills, patterns, and news from Functional Programming expert Eric Normand of LispCast. Formerly known as Thoughts on Functional Programming.