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> OOP remains the most popular and requested programming paradigm even though it has gradually slid into functional obsolescence more than a decade ago… I read
by proamdev123 3y ago
> OOP remains the most popular and requested programming paradigm even though it has gradually slid into functional obsolescence more than a decade ago…
I read your link. It was an interesting essay. But how is OOP functionally obsolete?
- austin-cheney 3y agohttps://www.accountingtools.com/articles/functional-obsolescence https://www.accountingtools.com/articles/functional-obsolesc... The economic incentive for OOP is absolutely gone and cannot be recovered. The technical purpose of OOP is mostly gone and no longer desirable. The continued desirability of OOP is some variable combination of aesthetic and social. While those qualities are not without value they aren't functional, thus OOP remains popular but certainly not for reasons of utility or necessity. Other approaches now achieve superior desirability when considered only from a utility perspective. That means OOP is functionally obsolete.