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Why was OOP popular for so long? Tech is a fad driven industry. If you're asking why tech is a fad driven industry, that I'm less sure about. There have been lo
by lylejantzi3rd 4y ago
Why was OOP popular for so long? Tech is a fad driven industry. If you're asking why tech is a fad driven industry, that I'm less sure about. There have been lots of theories over the years. Some think that education drives most of it[0]. Others think it's the tech consulting space that drives it. Both of those things are dependent on regular sales cycles to make money and having a new "ground-breaking paradigm" to sell every 5-10 years makes it easier.
[0]: In this case, education includes anybody teaching programming. This includes academia, youtubers, online courses, etc.
- kaba0 4y agoThat implies that OOP and FP are excluding each other, when they both can be used at the same time.
- lylejantzi3rd 4y agoIt implies OOP and FP are two distinct fads that people are pushing, which is accurate. How they're actually used is another topic entirely.