Count me mostly a hater. OOP as typically done (C++, Java) is bad for two reasons: 1. Heavy use of reference semantics prevents local reasoning about code. 2.

Count me mostly a hater. OOP as typically done (C++, Java) is bad for two reasons: 1. Heavy use of reference semantics prevents local reasoning about code. 2. Inheritance is really brittle. A subclass can break superclass invariants. I don't think anyone really contests either of those... it's just a matter of how much you can put up with.