There is no "best practice". It depends on context. OOP is good for some things and not that much for others. Same goes for your list of "best" practices. Dismi

There is no "best practice". It depends on context. OOP is good for some things and not that much for others. Same goes for your list of "best" practices. Dismissing a paradigm in totality because some Joe Shmoe of today has declared it non cosher looks rather more like a religious statement than a practical choice.