NInickpsecurity·May 1, 2017
It might help to look at the bigger post at Github:
https://github.com/sustrik/cartesian
Here's what author told me on Lobste.rs about this:
"As for the motivation, it’s twofold.
Firstly, I have to deal with complex configurations on daily basis and most of what’s out there is pretty ugly. Approach in Cartesian tries to solve the ugliness without resorting to exotic paradigms. It’s (I think) something that your average JavaScript developer would be comfortable with, yet powerful enough to describe really complex systems.
Secondly, it’s a methodological experiment. I think it’s fair to say that inheritance has mostly failed us when we tried to model the complexity and irregularity of the real world. Therefore, this is a sketch of an alternative paradigm, one that uses cartesian products instead of inheritance. (But, as mentioned in the REA
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DME, it can even be combined with classic inheritance.)"
I'll message author about the thread to see if he wants to answer any questions.