It seems that the inventor of object-oriented programming was one of those skeptics. Alan Kay apologized for his poor choice of words, for the resulting confusi

It seems that the inventor of object-oriented programming was one of those skeptics. Alan Kay apologized for his poor choice of words, for the resulting confusion, and for the widespread misapplication of his ideas. http://bexhuff.com/2007/10/to-paraphrase-im-sorry-i-invented-object-oriented-programming http://bexhuff.com/2007/10/to-paraphrase-im-sorry-i-invented... Unfortunately, many of today's common practices sound a lot like his description of how the term object-oriented is often misapplied. Most programmers that I have met still misunderstand object-oriented programming, and use it as an excuse for complicated or bloated code.