I have to disagree here. It's much easier to use data driven APIs than OO ones. With the former you get what you see and there are no additional rules. You call

I have to disagree here. It's much easier to use data driven APIs than OO ones. With the former you get what you see and there are no additional rules. You call the API, it produces some result that you can use in any way you like. Meanwhile, objects have behaviors and internal state that you have to understand because each object is its own ad hoc DSL with its own rules and behaviors.