Frankly, if you really thought a single article could deliver a "grand unified theory" of anything, that's on you. People pick catchy titles; it's a key part of getting noticed these days.
I agree that it may be overkill for such a simple function, but the author (at least the original author, Brandon Rhodes) is drawing an analogy to more complex applications. He uses such a simple example so that his…
Frankly, if you really thought a single article could deliver a "grand unified theory" of anything, that's on you. People pick catchy titles; it's a key part of getting noticed these days.
I agree that it may be overkill for such a simple function, but the author (at least the original author, Brandon Rhodes) is drawing an analogy to more complex applications. He uses such a simple example so that his…