> Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California. > — Edsger W. Dijkstra I don't understand why Dijkst

> Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California. > — Edsger W. Dijkstra I don't understand why Dijkstra gets quoted so often when he has been demonstrably wrong on so many topics (see his opinion on BASIC too) and he was such a dogmatic and unreasonable person overall.