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"I will need to have a foo and a bar. Foo will have this data, and bar

will have that data. I will need to put foos and bars into the

database, and find them in the database, and delete them in the

database..." We are already framing the problem in terms of a

procedural solution to that problem. Is there another way to express

the problem? Perhaps one that focuses on what foos and bars really

are. Why are they here? What is it we want them to do? Perhaps if we

start there rather than starting with the fact that they will have to

be stored somewhere (Hopefully, one of the least interesting things

about them) we will arrive at a solution that feels less anemic.