Meh, that's a bit like arguing over "I could care less" vs "I couldn't care less", except far more pedantic because this time it's about an abstract concept tha

Meh, that's a bit like arguing over "I could care less" vs "I couldn't care less", except far more pedantic because this time it's about an abstract concept that doesn't mean anything at its face value. Object Oriented Programming is whatever the majority of people agree to it being, so as to facilitate communication. "Original definitions" don't matter. Alan Kay has no more right to define "Object Oriented Programming" than anyone else, you or me included, anymore than long-dead Thomas Jefferson has a greater right than the rest us to define the course of our country. If you go on a job interview and they ask you "do you know object oriented programming?" and you say "oh yeah, I know all about that," then you're both going to be very disappointed on your first day of work.