> OOP programs tend to only grow and never shrink because OOP encourages it. Most long-lived programs tend to grow, because people add new features to them. Th

> OOP programs tend to only grow and never shrink because OOP encourages it. Most long-lived programs tend to grow, because people add new features to them. This isn't something unique to OOP. As for growth of OOP programs in particular - does no one ever refactor anything? Shrinking OOP code through refactoring is a daily occurrence at almost every job I've ever had.