3 ms·OOP was around long before IDEs were that popular.by cgrealy 6y agoOOP was around long before IDEs were that popular.mac01021 6y agoWhen was that?cgrealy 6y agoDepends on how far back you want to go. The term "object oriented programming" was coined back in the 60s. Languages like Smalltalk were introduced in the 70s.