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A master programmer and his apprentice sat in Turing meditation, contemplating the Lambda. The apprentice looked at the master and asked, “Master, you tell me to simplify, but programs are complex. Frameworks ease the work of creation by removing hard choices. Which is better, a class or a framework?” The master programmer looked at his apprentice and asked, “did you not read the teachings of wise master Carmack?”, quoting… “Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.” “But master,” the apprentice started — but the master interrupted, asking: “Is it not true that the word for ‘not functional’ is ‘dysfunctional’?” And then the apprentice understood.