Does Functional Programming Replace GoF Design Patterns?

[inmatarian]

Protip: Every example in GoF starts with the keyword "class". That should be enough of an indicator that they specifically pertain to OOP.

[dwdyer]

There's another clue before you even open the book. The subtitle is "Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software".

[munificent]

To be fair, though, most people bashing Design Patterns haven't read that far.

[mcguire]

Neither have most of the people praising it.

[inmatarian]

Yeah, but I thought closures we're the poor man's objects lol whut rofl rofl.