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How many frustrated developers are identified as "arrogant"? I for one am tired of OOP (a la Simula 67) presented as the be-all and end-all :-( The functional

How many frustrated developers are identified as "arrogant"? I for one am tired of OOP (a la Simula 67) presented as the be-all and end-all :-( The functional programming guys were right, and C++ set back the industry several decades. (better to have both FP and OOP, but OOP-only stinks)

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goatlover 9y ago
C++ has never been OOP only. You're confusing it with Java.
- int_19h 9y ago
  C++ has never been OOP only, but it arguably introduced (Simula-style) OOP to mainstream commercial development. Java wouldn't look like Java if it wasn't for C++.