Admittedly, I turn arrogant when I (potentially mis-)smell bullshit. First of all, it does not matter what the initial intention was when OOP started growing t

Admittedly, I turn arrogant when I (potentially mis-)smell bullshit. First of all, it does not matter what the initial intention was when OOP started growing to where it is now. The whole historical argument makes no sense whatsoever. The fact that something was like X in the past does not mean it is going to be like X in the future. Second, I have a lot of doubt about the statement, that the idea of object API was solely to represent changes to object state. Unless you can link a supporting quote, I am ready to dismiss it as made up.