> It's not only because it tries to codify coding as a sum of recipes It doesn't do anything of the sort. It may try to codify some specific solutions to SOME

> It's not only because it tries to codify coding as a sum of recipes It doesn't do anything of the sort. It may try to codify some specific solutions to SOME specific types of problems, in a very narrow OOP'y context, but if "codifying coding as a sum or recipes" is what you took from it there's little wonder it has colored your view, so.